Legend has it that the campaign to save abused children in New York was driven by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The truth is more complicated.

Explore US history with these maps of national parks, folklore, 1930s Greyhound bus routes, and more!

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women honors three sisters who were murdered by the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

From Lil Nas X to Valerie June to Darius Rucker, Black musicians are staking their claim in country music. Francesca T. Royster explains.

According to some political scientists, it's more about group identity than personal interests.

What are red flag laws? Could they have prevented the killing at Club Q?

Well-researched stories from The Atlantic, The Republic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Where did potato chips come from? How about clams casino? Are the origin stories for these foods true, or do they fall into the category of “fakelore”?

For many Swedish immigrants to the United States, coffee was a key to hospitality and a way to signal prosperity.

Cooperative space initiatives between non-US powers such as China and South America are under-explored in scholarship and misunderstood in popular politics.