Gaslighting illustration concept with two hands with tangled string over someone's head

Audacity and Gaslights: Empowering or Zombifying Citizens?

Political scientists Eric Beerbohm and Ryan W. Davis consider how citizens can protect against gaslighting while staying open to audacious ideas of change.
Audrey Erickson, a member of the Arthur Murray Girls, a professional women's baseball team, USA, 1953.

Women Are Reclaiming Their Place in Baseball

Momentum continues to build in the movement to put women back where they belong: on the baseball diamond.
A dog riding the Moscow metro

Dogs of the Moscow Metro

The public attitude toward the adventurous dogs who have mastered the Moscow metro system has roots in an egalitarian Soviet culture.
Colourful overlapping silhouettes of children in classroom.

Privileged Poor vs. Doubly Disadvantaged

Attendance at elite high schools can shift the practices of college students from disadvantaged backgrounds to being closer to those of middle-class students.
View of Baltimore, Maryland, ca. 1873

Justice in Baltimore

In an atypical case, a white policeman was convicted of killing a Black man at a private house party.
Temüjin being proclaimed as Genghis Khan in 1206, as illustrated in a 15th-century Jami' al-tawarikh manuscript.

How to Govern Like a Mongol

The leaders of the Mongol empire never abandoned their nomadic lifestyles, but they created organizational structures capable of ruling a huge part of the world.
Roy Orbison, 1965

How Roy Orbison’s Repertoire Shaped David Lynch’s Films

Drawing on the nostalgic feelings evoked by Orbison's music, Lynch added new layers to the cinematic traditions of film noir.
Portrait of Carl Linnaeus, 1855

Was Carl Linnaeus Bad at Drawing?

Linnaeus has often been thought of as a poor artist, but visualization was a core element of his analytical tool set.
Bengali cuisine

Creating a Bengali Cuisine

A rising middle class built up the notion of a distinct Bengali way of eating that claimed ancient origins while also incorporating European cooking styles.
Abstract illustration of faceless man in dark suit.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Authoritarianism

Is the global state system in crisis, with authoritarianism, nationalism, populism, and illiberalism running amok?