A view of Main Street in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Under Moose Jaw: Tourism Or History?

Moose Javians’ confidence and reputation are rooted in a unique, if fanciful, story, developed after the economic downturn of the 1980s and 1990s.
Interior of a restaurant kitchen

A House Divided—Between Front and Back

In many restaurants, front and back of house workers are divided by language and culture in ways that affect the careers of both groups.
A portrait of Frances Brooke beside the cover page for the book The History of Emily Montague

The First Canadian Novel

Often considered the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague revealed its author’s true feelings about colonial Quebec.
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht)

Weimar Operas and Visions of Utopia

Kurt Weill and his musical collaborators used utopian fantasies to explore the social and political conditions of a fading Weimar Republic.
The leg of this purple ochre sea star in Oregon is disintegrating, as it dies from sea star wasting syndrome. Photo by Elizabeth Cerny-Chipman, courtesy of Oregon State University.

The Long Quest to Uncover a Sea Star Killing Bacteria

Scientists say they’ve found the cause of a marine epidemic more than ten years after it started. What took so long?
An old Lego character from the 80s on a green Lego surface.

LEGO: Brick by Ideological Brick

Toys, even ones marketed as tools for the imagination, are never value neutral.
pumpkins, squashes and gourds , dried a corn cob with kernels and dried beans were randomly spread on a wooden plate on a black background.

The Macronutrients of the Three Sisters System

If the intercropping of beans, squash, and corn produces smaller yields, why did the the Haudenosaunee prefer the Three Sisters system?
Cross Reference image

For the Love of Gamers and Goals, It’s Cross Reference!

Or maybe this week’s puzzle is really about Greek salad and gulleys.
Candace Tustin in the Corner Cupboard Food Bank on March 1, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

Listening to White Working-Class Women in Coal Country

Researchers interviewed women in a Pennsylvania coal-mining town to understand how they coped with social and economic changes tied to deindustrialization.
Five children read the new "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" book on July 8, 2000 in El Paso, Texas.

The Enduring Popularity of Harry Potter

How has the Harry Potter series remained so beloved across decades filled with young adult and fantasy novels?