Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan I argued the US Constitution was color-blind. He also believed it stood in defense of white supremacy.

In the early 1900s, a fictional “gentleman burglar” named Raffles fascinated British readers, reflecting popular ideas about crime, class, and justice.

Alexandre Lenoir’s Musée des monuments français, founded to protect French artifacts from the revolutionary mobs, was one of the first popular museums of Europe.

In the 1960s, young disabled people found each other at camps and colleges, creating ever-expanding networks for challenging discrimination.

The short story collection Mrs. Spring Fragrance should be read in the context of nineteenth-century sentimentalism, which was shaped by Christian morality.

Editor-in-Chief Catherine Halley founded JSTOR Daily in 2014. She wishes us well by selecting a few of her favorite stories from the past decade.

Alexander Hamilton’s anonymous essay challenged the voting citizens of New York to hold fast to the truth when deciding to ratify (or not) the US Constitution.

Early Christian writers valorized the desert life of ascetic monks, but the city also had something to offer would-be “fools for Christ”.

Archival material shows the hefty and careful investment the president and his team put into crafting his image for perpetuity.

Though they each arrive with an individual sense of humor and fashion, the fifteen Doctors reflect the political and social issues of their respective eras.