"On this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it’s up to us, so far as possible, not to join forces with the pestilences."

In the twentieth century, advertisements for a new type of garment for preteen girls sought to define the femininity they sold.

Black America talks back to "The Good Gray Poet" at 200.

Why are Jane Austen books still so beloved? A linguist argues it has more to do with Austen's masterful use of language than with plot.

Presidents have always chosen Supreme Court nominees who agree with their political beliefs. But they've gotten savvier about the selection process.