How do presidential transitions really work? Political science scholarship on White House staffers provides some insight.

For now-ubiquitous consumer credit cards, bad early results had a hidden benefit.

For decades physicists have pursued a long-shot approach to clean power—nuclear fusion.

Can purchasing a doll be a revolutionary act? The franchise makes an effort to connect its characters with the realities of American history.

Influential singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at age 82. Re-surfacing some Cohen-related materials on JSTOR.

Did you drink the Kool-Aid? The phrase has become such a part of the vocabulary that for many its origins have been obscured.

Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. While he also wrote short stories and journalism, the politically-active ...

The anti-art art movement Dada was born in 1916 in Zurich's Cabaret Voltaire. 

In the mid- to late nineteenth century, people showed off their infants at baby shows.

Though now celebrated for its modern, minimal design and contemplative space, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was once the subject of heated debates.