Analyzing the dolls of elite girls shows that playthings reinforced gendered expectations but also allowed for imaginative play.

One case study demonstrates how contemporary assumptions about gender in ancient societies risk obscuring the larger picture.

These women labored alongside their famous husbands to produce world-renowned research.

Two scholars argue that the language used to describe violent events influences whether people see it as terrorism—with real-world consequences.

A political scientist suggests that the right-wing violence of recent years might be a new current in a longer history.

In 1898, a North Carolina newspaper cartoonist weaponized white fears and tropes of Black predation to stoke a coup d'etat.