An Editor Bids JSTOR Daily Farewell
...cocaine provided a willing workforce for our capitalist economy. Now, Americans are turning to ADHD medications. Stuck in the Midden with You Liz Tracey January 5, 2020 A midden is,...
The Federalist No. 1: Annotated
In May 1788, the second volume of what would come to be called The Federalist Papers, a collection of both new and previously printed essays written to sell the ratification...
Smells, Sounds, and the WNBA
...is wildly complex, bouncing off issues of class, race, and our level of control over what goes in our ears. Practicing Patience with al-Ghazali (The Conversation) by Liz Bucar We’re...
Webster’s Dictionary 1828: Annotated
Sometimes, a dictionary is more than just words and definitions—it may be intended to serve as a declaration of linguistic independence. When Noah Webster’s first edition of the American Dictionary...
Missouri Compromise of 1820: Annotated
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was neither the first nor the last time the men of American government “compromised” on the issue of slavery, and the freedom of more than...
“Heed Their Rising Voices”: Annotated
On February 1, 1960, four young men, students at the historically Black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (NCA&T), went to Woolworth’s in Greensboro and sat down at the lunch...
The Fourteenth Amendment: Annotated
On February 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump v. Anderson: whether a state (Colorado) can remove a presidential candidate from a primary ballot under...
Editors’ Picks of 2023
...Comstock Walks Among US (Again) Liz Tracey April 19, 2023 Or, how a moribund act of legislation continues to shape the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Ground...
What We’re Reading 2023
...In just eighty-one words, we’re reminded that violence isn’t new—nor is our apparent indifference to it. Liz Tracey “History is a silent record of people who could not leave, it...