Judith Butler: The Early Years
Before Judith Butler’s 1990 book Gender Trouble, the influential gender theorist wrote a series of essays that offer easier access to their ideas.
The Environmental Downside of Cannabis Cultivation
Wide-scale cannabis cultivation is causing environmental damage. Federal regulations could change this.
The Stonewall Riots Didn’t Start the Gay Rights Movement
Giving Stonewall too much credit misses the movement’s growing strength in the 1960s, sociologists note.
William Blake, Radical Abolitionist
Blake’s works offer an alternative to the failures of the Enlightenment, which couldn’t muster a consistent argument for abolition.
A Mini History of the Tiny Purse
The purse has always been political, a reflection of changing economic realities and gender roles.
What Is a Tariff? An Economist Explains
A global trade war seems well underway as China and the US exchange targeted tariff attacks. An economist explains what they are.
The Quantum Random Number Generator
It’s real. And it will use quantum entanglement to generate true mathematical randomness. Here’s why that matters.
Chinese Peasants Taught the USDA to Farm Organically in 1909
A hundred years later, we are still learning.
The Font Detectives
For typography experts like Thomas Phinney, the history of the printed word is crucial to weeding out fraud.