Existentialists in Malawi
Proverbs and popular songs from Malawi examine and express ideas similar to those found in European existentialism.
Autocratic Capitalism: An Introduction
Americans are taught that capitalism and democracy go together like motherhood and apple pie. It may be time to unlearn that lesson.
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
June is LGBTQ Pride Month, so JSTOR Daily gathered some of our favorite stories to celebrate. All with free and accessible scholarly research.
Cerbera odollam: “The Suicide Tree” That Harms and Heals
Even before The White Lotus, people feared the poisonous pong-pong tree, Cerbera odollam. But there's another way to look at the plant and its effects.
When the Bishop Married the Abbess
When a new bishop was installed in the see of medieval Florence, he was also expected to marry—at least symbolically—the abbess of San Pier Maggiore.
Art Deco: 100 Years Since the Paris Exhibition That Revolutionized Modern Design
The landmark event displayed competing interpretations of “the modern” in design, art, and architecture.
Science in War, Science in Peace: The Origins of the NSF
The 1950 establishment of a federal agency devoted to space, physics, and more belied a cross-party consensus that such disciplines were vital to national interest.
Bring on the Board Games
The increasing secularism of the nineteenth century helped make board games a commercial and ideological success in the United States.
She’s the Very Model of a Modern Militant Woman
A gun-toting killer seems like an unlikely heroine for a nationalist classic novel, but that’s the story of Luang Wichit Wathakan’s Huang rak haew luk.
Vanilla, Hannah Arendt, and Prime Numbers in Music
Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.