Exploring the text and subtext of Elizabeth Bishop's poems, inspired by a new biography called Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.

Abortion was first criminalized in the U.S. in the mid-19th century. A key argument was that too many white women were ending their pregnancies.

There’s no cultural touchstone quite like an exhibition or fair—think the Great Exhibition of 1851, which introduced the ...

The U.S. Department of Education has been controversial since President Jimmy Carter started it in 1979. Now many are wondering if it needs to exist.

A hand-painted show card evokes a certain nostalgia and humanity that machine-made signs can never arouse: It suggests honesty.

18th-century bathing was controversial. Some argued bathing was healthy, while others argued it could damage one's health.

What role will technology companies—and tech CEOS—play in Donald Trump's White House?

Who can you trust online? It’s a question that comes up constantly in our digital lives, and it’s also a subject of great fascination to internet scholars.

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday ...

Presuming that immigration was a boon to national security, U.S. borders remained mostly open for the first century of the nation’s existence.