The iconography of Mexico's Día de los Muertos has become wildly popular outside Latino communities. But where did the skulls and skeletons come from?

Colonial exploitation made the indigenous Aztec people disproportionately vulnerable to epidemics. Indigenous accounts show their perspective.

Did women in the premodern world have much agency over reproduction? Their use of plants like dittany suggests that they did.

The coronavirus pandemic left farmers falling back on students to pick crops. But it certainly wasn’t the first time.

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Yale 360, and more great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

During a childcare crisis, it's important to listen to mothers who have made sacrifices for their kids. But not all sacrifices are identical.

The first U.S.-born Latino astronaut to pilot a space mission blazed the long road to NASA with determination and optimism.

In the early years of cannabis prohibition, agricultural workers in the western United States used the plant to treat pain and supplement family incomes.

Songs weren't always labeled for explicit lyrics. The history of how it all came about includes some unlikely bedfellows.

After the Civil War, some elite women became obsessed with collecting antique china, the better to connect themselves to illustrious histories.