If the past is so all terribly bad, then aren’t we lucky in the present?

While queer YA has exploded over the past decade, it began in the middle of the 20th century, with the first kiss in 1969.

Enjoy these historical Christmas images from the Wellcome Collection.

In moving away from fossil fuels, some in aviation are thinking of bringing back helium-assisted flight.

Writer and academic, teacher and activist. Read and share some of her foundational work.

Is social cohesion possible in plural societies? Philosopher H. L. A. Hart weighed in amid debates on abortion and same-sex relationships.

As garlic mustard naturalized in North America, it became a popular plant to forage for impoverished and rural communities.

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

The bowling desegregation movement began during World War II, but wouldn’t end there.

Slavery in North America was not an institution of singular evil.