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Magazines of the freshly founded United States drew legitimacy and stability from the collective voice and sociability of their editors.

In the 19th century, Europe and the United States saw a "mania for operating."

Can monkeys talk? According to new research, they could, if their brains would let them.

Do men interrupt more than women? Why? A look at the research on gender and interrupting.

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.

With national tragedies now as frequent and predictable as sunrises, no phrase has lost consolatory power more swiftly than “thoughts and prayers.”

Our best stories about the vast histories and cultures of Americans with ancestry in Asia and the Pacific.

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

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.

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