Fine dining restaurants in the U.S. have become more diverse, with the white-tablecloth French restaurant joined by cuisines from around the world and categories like “Californian” and “New American.” ...

For most of human history, people thought stars were eternal. They were immortal gods in the sky or timeless jewels set in the celestial firmament. One of the most remarkable discoveries of ...

From the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, Britain developed an empire on which the “sun never set,” subjugating local peoples from North America to East Africa to Australia. But as three ...

Early robots in the US evolved from symbols of revolt into racialized figures tied to labor and the legacy of slavery. In the American context, where the language of master and slave was rooted in ...

What do sorcerers, bishops, and garden gnomes all have in common? One version or another of a pointy hat. As Jewish Studies scholar Naomi Lubrich writes, these hats all share a common story that runs ...

Fifty years ago, the Women’s Strike for Equality brought tens of thousands of women out onto the street in more than ninety cities. Shortly thereafter, Sisterhood Is Powerful, a collection of key ...

Photos from the American Library in Paris reveal how librarians brought books to US troops during World War I.

A five-step classroom exercise reframes research as an evolving scholarly conversation rather than a search for sources.

When Americans try to beat the heat in the summertime, many find they have no municipal pool in which to swim—the result of deliberate choices made decades ago by white residents who preferred no ...

When a rare copy of Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius came on the market in 2005, there was talk it could reach a sales price of $10 million. It was, after all, supposed to be a unique version of one ...

The recent news about the stunning decline in North American bird populations should remind us that we’ve been in similar situations before. A century ago, laws were enacted to stop the wanton ...

Memories of talk” in after-the-fact minutes are as suspect as any other memories. “One problem with such recollections is ...