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Cabinet of Curiosities

Peter the Great’s Beard Tax

Why did the Russian tsar seek to ban beards?

A person saving a parking spot by laying down on the concrete.

Quick Question

When Did We Start Paying to Park Our Cars?

A Curious Reader asks: When and why did parking become monetized?

Editors' Picks

Arts & Culture

Reading for LGBTQ+ Pride Month

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month around the world, so the JSTOR Daily editors have rounded up a few of our favorite stories to mark the occasion.

Politics & History

Harvey Milk’s Gay Freedom Day Speech: Annotated

Five months before his assassination in 1978, Harvey Milk called on the president of the United States to defend the rights of gay and lesbian Americans.

Politics & History

Guns in America: Foundations and Key Concepts

This non-exhaustive list of readings on the role of guns in US history and society introduces the field as a subject of scholarly inquiry.

Politics & History

“I Have A Dream”: Annotated

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.

Politics & History

The History of Outlawing Abortion in America

Abortion was first criminalized in the U.S. in the mid-19th century. A key argument was that too many white women were ending their pregnancies.

Peter the Great’s Beard Tax

When Did We Start Paying to Park Our Cars?

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