Emmett Till was a boy of fourteen when he was lynched in Mississippi. The press would influence public opinion, and the outcome of the trial.

The blockbuster Jaws (1975) provoked fear by portraying sharks as "mindless eating machines." But what did people think of sharks before then?

Feminists supported universal childcare as a means of allowing women to advance in the workforce. But did this argument focus mostly on white women?

Every day, in every way, the pop psychology of Emile Coué conquered 1920s Britain.

A Black Bohemia flourished in New York before the Harlem Renaissance and with it a new type of self-determined, contradictory Black celebrity.

COVID-19 is disproportionately deadly among people of color. Long-term environmental racism could be a major factor in this disparity.

Thinking quickly and reading the dance floor, an innovative DJ began playing the funkiest parts of every record.

Well-researched stories from NPR, The Guardian, and more great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Consider this: people once thought too much reading was bad for kids.

To the designer Lucile, luxury consumerism was a virtue as wartime economies struggled.