Wartime production led directly to environmental and social injustices, polluting land and bodies in ways that continue to shape public policy and race relations.

Researchers consistently observe that longshot horses are overvalued by bettors at the racetrack. Why are they willing to risk it all?

Rosenwald schools, named for a philanthropist, were funded mostly by Black people of the segregated South.

The history of the wedding dress is shorter than the history of weddings, and even shorter still than the history of marriage.

High school graduation rates sky-rocketed in the 1930s, but as more educated people flooded the job market, pay and opportunities plateaued. 

Cinderella, the ever-changing fairytale, inspires no shortage of analysis and debate.

The political science behind pirates.

de Blasio’s plan suggests just how overwhelming the housing issue is in New York: the most ambitious plan ever may address only a fraction of the problem.