Before becoming leader of communist China, Mao was an ardent library patron and then worked as a library assistant.

Well-researched stories from Hakai Magazine, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Canada welcomes those facing persecution for sexual orientation or gender identity—but the process to claim asylum may not be straightforward.

The syndrome, caused by the bacterium Xyllella fastidiosa, was first detected in southern Italy in 2013. Can ancient olive orchards survive its effects?

After Albert Einstein’s death in 1955, a pathologist—searching for the secret of genius—removed, dissected, and ultimately stole the mathematician’s brain.

This Earth Day, we're looking at the ominous slash beautiful material culture of the modern environmental movement.

Adopted by almost 200 parties at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference, the Paris Agreement captures international ambitions for cooperative climate action.

Eugene Debs campaigned for both president and prison reform from a federal penitentiary. His critiques of the prison system still resonate.

Celebrate Earth Day with stories from JSTOR Daily.

Prohibition—and its newly created underground economy—changed the way women lived, worked, and socialized.