A New Kind of Language, Moon Plants, and Jell-O Salads
Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, Ars Technica, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Dogs, the Four-Legged Crime-Fighters of Paris
Now a familiar part of policing, the partnership between canines and cops developed in an unpredictable fashion.
Nostalgia for Manly Men in Seventeenth-Century Spain
Moralists found it easy to criticize Spanish men, particularly the high-born among them, for all sorts of supposed failures of masculinity.
Jewish Law and Abortion
A practicing physician reviews contributions of Jewish ethics and rabbinic thought to the issue of abortion.
After Roe, Bendable Phones, and Nurdles
Well-researched stories from Black Perspectives, Recode, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
The Cosmopolitan Culture of the Gullah/Geechees
Emphasizing the isolation enforced by Lowcountry geography erases the agency of Gullah/Geechee communities in the preservation of African culture.
Fast Horses and Eugenics
The breeding of race horses validated those aspiring to belong to an American elite while feeding into racist beliefs about genetic inheritance.
Murder, Memory, and Normalcy
Well-researched stories from The Cut, Grist, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Teaching Citizenship in the Falling Ottoman Empire
In the nineteenth century, the state used a new education system to shape young citizens' attitudes toward a shrinking empire and the emerging Republic.
Space Junk, Science with Monks, and Imposter Syndrome
Well-researched stories from Science Alert, Vox, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.