Arts & Culture

JSTOR Daily Arts & Culture stories covering art and art history, film and media, language and literature, and performing arts, all featuring links to publicly accessible research on JSTOR.

Godzilla attacking a hotel in the 1954 film.

Film & Media

Interview with Godzilla

The awesome destructive power of the beast is widely understood to be a metaphor for nuclear weapons. Is this too facile an idea?

Language & Literature

Maya Angelou Has Died

Maya Angelou has died.

Editors' Picks

Arts & Culture

Girls Gone Greek

The most influential character on Showtime’s Yellowjackets is the one who goes unnamed: Dionysus.

Politics & History

Celebrating Black History Month

JSTOR Daily editors pick their favorite stories for Black History Month.

Business & Economics

The Art of the Deal or the Dirt?

Will so-called Trump Tariffs ensure that the United States has the minerals it needs to transition to sustainable energy?

Politics & History

Greenland: Polar Politics

Though it may seem like a new topic of concern, the glaciated landscape of Greenland has floated in and out of American politics for decades.

Business & Economics

How Progressives Legalized Usury

In the early twentieth century, reformers united with capitalists to promote high-interest lending, overthrowing opposition to usury rooted in Christian tradition.

Interview with Godzilla

Maya Angelou Has Died

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