A woman receiving equine-assisted therapy at Spirit Horse Ranch near Kula, Hawaii.

Equine-Assisted Therapy: But What Do the Horses Think?

An emerging critique examines the moral and cultural assumptions behind horse-based interventions.
Diagram of the Border Patrol’s intrusion detection system.

The Long History of High-Tech Border Policing

In the 1970s, sensors and computers turned the US–Mexico border into a testing ground for automated control.

Building Brasília

A twentieth-century experiment in urban planning promised progress—but carried immense financial and human costs.
Experimental color reconstructions of the marble statue of a Greek Muse in the Frankfurt Liebieghaus

The Trouble with Authentic Ancient Statues

Scientific analysis has restored the colors of ancient Greek statues. Why does seeing them restored still feel so wrong?
A worker carefully decorates doughnuts with white icing outside

The “Mock Calendar” and the Disposable Worker

How unstable scheduling practices keep low-wage workers economically insecure.
A sad child sitting on the floor

The Emotional Cost of Parental Deportation

A study of US citizen children shows how immigration enforcement and family separation affect mental health and stability.
Poster for Hamers bicycles, depicting six cyclists in a Dutch landscape.

Bicycling Into the Future

Across centuries, bicycles have embodied hopes for speed, freedom, efficiency, and survival.
Nose icon isolated on blue background

The Missing Sense in Modern Medicine

Researchers argue routine smell testing could detect neurodegenerative disease and other health risks years earlier than current exams.
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Celebrating Women’s History Month

Celebrate Women’s History Month with JSTOR Daily. We hope you’ll find the stories below a valuable resource for classroom or leisure reading.
Edgar Allan Poe by Félix Vallotton

Edgar Allan Poe’s Mechanical Imagination

Behind The Raven’s melancholy lies a theory of composition shaped by magazines, machines, and modernity.