Ridge trail to Mt Lafayette in the White Mountains, New Hampshire

How Did Eastern North America Form?

With many collisions and much crumpling of rock, down the ages. The story holds lessons for how the edges of continents are built and change over time.
From the cover of Rising Sun by Michael Crichton

Colorful Plots and Racial Undertones in Modern Crime Fiction

Tarik Abdel-Monem argues that American crime fiction reflects mainstream prejudices in depicting mixed-race individuals as either deformed or superhuman.
Watercolor painting of the earth by Martin Eklund

On Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with stories from JSTOR Daily.
Margaret Geoga

Margaret Geoga on the Ambiguities of Ancient Texts

An interview with Margaret Geoga, an Egyptologist who examines “wisdom instructions” to see how their interpretation differs between readers and over time.
A computer set to the JSTOR homepage

Tips from a Librarian on Using JSTOR for Research

Follow these first steps toward success with your new research project.
President Nicolas Maduro on August 2, 2024 at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela.

Democratic Backsliding

Political scientist Javier Corrales uses Venezuela as a case-study of democratic backsliding that’s been initiated by the winner of an election, not the loser.

Being Trans in India

Trans women are organizing to fight discrimination and oppression. Trans men face different problems because they’re often not recognized at all.
Title page from Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, 1899

The Legends of Charles G. Leland’s Aradia

Leland’s interest in magic and folklore led him to northern Italy in search of remnants of “the old religion” of witchcraft.
Harmattan wind in Senegal

West Africa’s Hazardous Winds

Harmattan carries more than dust—it also spreads disease.
Attendees of the joint meeting of the ASWPL and African American members of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation at Tuskegee Institute, 1938

How White Women Organized Against Lynching

In the 1930s, a coalition southern white women fought against lynching, disproving the idea that extrajudicial killings were intended to protect them.