The King Lear people saw for almost two centuries was very different from Shakespeare's.

Judging from his public speeches, Franklin D. Roosevelt--aka FDR--may have been our most religious 20th century President.

How transpeople actively do and undo gender in the workplace.

How could the era have supported such massive herbivores?

A burgeoning acceptance toward families with only one child is finally starting to creep into society at large, eliminating the mythical stereotype.

Many 18th-century households included not only relatives and slaves, but also indentured servants, people sold into bondage for a specified length of time.

How faculty and students of color are marginalized by their own institutions.

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Ian Fleming may have understood international relations better than academics.

Human chimeras are surprisingly common and a wonder of the human reproductive process.