Although in-person voter fraud is close to nonexistent, it’s a big concern for many voters.

There is a reason Mars has a reputation as a graveyard for spacecraft.

For James Baldwin (1924-1987), the fundamental premises of American society needed revisiting. How we might view #BlackLivesMatter through his lens.

In the 1890s, the first public relations professionals began advising the wealthy on how to use philanthropy to placate the public. 

Jack Chick has been called the “most widely read theologian in history.” His Chick tracts have circulated for years. He was also vehemently anti-Catholic.

Extra Credit: Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

A 2x2 matrix is a great way of mapping just about any idea, research topic, or set of observations on two dimensions.

Researchers at Cambridge studied how peoples' brains respond to fear.

The Smithsonian Institution is running a Kickstarter campaign to restore and preserve Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. 

Celebrate El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, through the rich literary traditions of our JSTOR poets and writers.