Millions of people now live atop fault lines because long ago small communities gathered at fresh water sources.

The "Vicious Circle" of the Algonquin Round Table included sharp-tongued wits like Dorothy Parker and Alexander Woollcott. But it wasn't always vicious.

Many Americans lack nearby municipal pools, the lasting result of extralegal Jim Crow-era efforts to keep races segregated at all costs.

This non-exhaustive list of readings in African American Studies highlights the vibrant history of the discipline and introduces the field.

Gas was in fact one of the first readily available fuels, and shaped spaces and politics in Regency-era London.

Are you a bird? Is your chick acting weird? You might be victim of a brood parasite.

How various nationalist groups have come to use "Celtic" as a coded way of saying "white."

Before Judith Butler's 1990 book Gender Trouble, the influential gender theorist wrote a series of essays that offer easier access to her ideas.

Revisiting an essential Asian American work, beloved for its synthesis of neocolonialism, postmodernism, and central queer and female characters.

Wide-scale cannabis cultivation is causing environmental damage. Federal regulations could change this.