The Long History of High-Tech Border Policing
In the 1970s, sensors and computers turned the US–Mexico border into a testing ground for automated control.
Building Brasília
A twentieth-century experiment in urban planning promised progress—but carried immense financial and human costs.
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month with JSTOR Daily. We hope you’ll find the stories below a valuable resource for classroom or leisure reading.
Defying Slave Hunters in Boston’s Courts
A dramatic 1836 courtroom escape shows how Black women challenged slave hunters—and Boston’s elite.
The Wedding Ritual Where Brides Wept in Song
In southern China, weddings once began with a ritual that let brides speak the unspeakable.
When Profit Met Protest in Colonial New York
Economic self-interest shaped how New Yorkers responded to British taxes and imperial crackdowns.
How Gender Discrimination Works at Work
A study of employment discrimination cases reveals how bias operates through workplace rules.
Drought and Indigenous Migration in the American Midwest
In the seventeenth century, life at the prairie–forest edge was dynamic, unstable, and deeply shaped by climate.
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Consuming the Empire
Sugar, tea, and tobacco tied British daily life to empire, turning global exploitation into ordinary habits of consumption.
How Cold War “Orphans” Sang Their Way into American Hearts
Touring choirs helped cast Korean children as ideal adoptees—and Americans as benevolent saviors.