The archives of the historically Black Tuskegee University recently released recordings from 1957 to 1971, with a number by powerful civil rights leaders.

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The climate crisis has weaponized emergency for the sake of action, overlooking the injustices inflicted on vulnerable communities for centuries.

Portuguese trading of enslaved Africans affected two major African powers in very different ways.

In psychogeography, the journey is key. Each step a person takes helps them reshape and better understand the role the space around them plays in their life.

To people who follow the Paleo plan, it can mean anything from embracing meat-eating as a feminist choice to seeking a balanced life with room for leisure.

Log drivers once steered loose timber on rivers across America before railroad expansion put such shepherds out of work.

Well-researched stories from Smithsonian Magazine, Black Perspectives, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

The amount of scholarship on Homer and his works can be daunting. We've created this introductory reading list to help guide your explorations.

How the songs of the 1960s and ’70s captured the sexual liberation of women.