Proposed as a compromise to ensure the ratification of the new US Constitution, the Bill of Rights has become a critical protector of civil liberties.

Read these recursive, nineteen-line poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Paisley Rekdal, William Logan, Agha Shahid Ali, and more.

Honoring the libraries and librarians that have shaped the way we live, learn, and fight.

Justice John Marshall’s ruling on Marbury v. Madison gave the courts the right to declare acts and laws of the legislative and executive branches unconstitutional.

Choosing texts to assign next semester? An experienced instructor offers tips for deciding what to add to your syllabus—and what to let go.

This primer on Black Midwestern Studies examines the factors shaping communities of color in America’s “flyover country,” long mistaken as a place of normative whiteness.

An instructor shares her approach for teaching students how to evaluate historical materials and claims of veracity made by their originators.

Take a moment to contemplate the history and complexity of Independence Day, American Style.

In June 2016, President Obama proclaimed the first LGBTQ+ national monument in the United States at the site of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City.

The ubiquity of smartphones has ushered in a new era for journalism—facilitating citizen journalism and changing the very nature of reporting.