Well-researched stories from The Guardian, The New Yorker, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The East India Company’s London museum stored the stuff of empire, feeding the growth of new collections-based disciplines and scientific societies.

As anthropogenic ambient noise increases in urban areas, birds adapt their songs to make themselves heard.

By providing sexualized entertainment to tourists, the bar owners of Montmartre made visible and even celebrated the quarter’s queer culture.

The rock music industry brought more than a little racism to the radio, but a few artists pushed beyond the boundaries imposed by white audiences.

The Parable books seem different yet familiar, their plots framed by a world shattered by racism, economic inequality, and climate change.

Labor unions for sex workers reveal how sexuality, gender, and caste intersect in a precarious and often dangerous work environment.

The rise of popular literature for children put a story, a role model, and a set of values in a young boy’s pocket.

An appreciation of Gertrude Stein’s pulp explorations.

The organized struggle for rights has been shaped by debates over the relationship between gender presentation and sexuality.