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Cover of an early Superman comic book.

The Vigilante World of Comic Books

A sweeping new history traces the rise of characters caught in a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.
by Scott Bradfield via The New Republic on December 16, 2021

Macho Macho Men

Bodybuilding is routinely presented as the very apex of male heterosexuality—but its history is a bit gayer than you might think.
by Benjamin Weil via The Baffler on November 23, 2021
“Linen” postcard, depicting cars parked along a city street, in front of "Chop Suey" building, where people are standing outside.

Street Views

Photographs of empty city streets went out of fashion, but lately are coming back again. What's lost in these images of vacant streets?
by Kim Beil via Cabinet on October 14, 2021
A selection of newspaper covers from the Reveal Digital American Prison Newspapers collection

Introducing American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside

This overlooked corner of the press provided news by and for people incarcerated. A newly available archive shows it worked hard to reach outside audiences too.
by Kate McQueen via JSTOR Daily on September 22, 2021
Lithograph of a horse and four dead bison on the plains

How Yellowstone Was Saved by a Teddy Roosevelt Dinner Party and a Fake Photo in a Gun Magazine

Teddy Roosevelt made an unlikely alliance with George Bird Grinnell, and together they made efforts to stop poaching and conserve Yellowstone.
by Alan Katz via Smithsonian on July 9, 2021
The writer (seen here in a picture from the eighteen-eighties) hid his own life story.

Are All Short Stories O. Henry Stories?

The writer’s signature style of ending—a final, thrilling note—has the touch of magic that distinguishes the form at its best.
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on June 28, 2021
Members of Mattachine Society

Harry Hay, John Cage, and the Birth of Gay Rights in Los Angeles

Five men sat together on a hillside in the late afternoon, imagining a world in which they did not have to hide.
by Alex Ross via The New Yorker on June 25, 2021
They pronouns in multi-colored boxes

Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From

We tend to think of "they," "Mx.," and "hir" as recent inventions. But English speakers have been looking for better ways to talk about gender for a long time.
by Michael Waters via The Atlantic on June 4, 2021
Revenge of the Goldfish by Sandy Skoglund, 1981

Obscura No More

How photography rose from the margins of the art world to occupy its vital center.
by Andy Grundberg via The American Scholar on April 29, 2021
engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe
partner

A Forgotten 19th-Century Story Can Help Us Navigate Today’s Political Fractures

Reconciliation is good — but not at any cost.
by Ellen Gruber Garvey via Made By History on March 23, 2021
Lee Miller

Photographer Lee Miller’s Subversive Career Took Her from Vogue to War-Torn Germany

She also acted as a muse to artist Man Ray, with whom she briefly led a relationship.
by Angelica Villa via Art In America on March 19, 2021
A print featuring fish that look like the American flag.

Propagating Propaganda

Toward the end of WWI, as the U.S. peddled Liberty Bonds, a goldfish dealer bred a stars-and-stripes-colored carp: a living, swimming embodiment of patriotism.
by Laurel Waycott via The Public Domain Review on March 17, 2021
Carvings on two whaleteeth (scrimshaw)

The Pleasure Crafts

Everyday people's creation of porn and erotic objects over the centuries.
by Cintra Wilson via New York Review of Books on December 17, 2020
A television news reporter in a segment from the 1990s on juvenile crime

Superpredator

The media myth that demonized a generation of Black youth.
by Carroll Bogert, Lynnell Hancock via The Marshall Project on November 20, 2020
A Japanese mother and daughter, farmworkers in California, photographed in 1937 by Dorothea Lange

Whitewashing the Great Depression

How the preeminent photographic record of the period excluded people of color from the nation’s self-image.
by Sarah Boxer via The Atlantic on November 15, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during an interview for CBS, November 11, 1973.

US Media Talks a Lot About Palestinians — Just Without Palestinians

Although major U.S. newspapers hosted thousands of opinion pieces on Israel-Palestine over 50 years, hardly any were actually written by Palestinians.
by Maha Nassar via +972 Magazine on October 2, 2020

Explore 175 Years of Words in 'Scientific American'

Search a 4,000-word database to see how language in the magazine evolved over time.
by Moritz Stefaner via Scientific American on August 18, 2020

American Degeneracy

Michael Lobel on Confederate memorials and the history of “degenerate art."
by Michael Lobel via Art Forum on June 27, 2020
An image of Bob Dylan performing with a spotlight on him.

Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List

The author reflects on his own journey with Dylan, and shares some of his favorite pieces of Dylanology.
by Aaron Gilbreath via Longreads on June 24, 2020

When Was Toilet Paper Invented and What Did People Use Before?

As coronavirus becomes an ever-increasing threat to our lives, there seems to be one thing that people around the world cannot go without the most.
by Jonny Wilkes via History Extra on March 12, 2020

The Domestication of the Garage

J.B. Jackson’s 1976 essay on the evolution of the American garage displays his rare ability to combine deep erudition with eloquent and plainspoken analysis.
by Jeffery Kastner, John Brinckerhoff Jackson via Places Journal on February 1, 2020
Newspaper clipping of article titled the rise and fall of facts.

The Rise and Fall of Facts

Tracing the evolution and challenges of fact-checking in journalism.
by Colin Dickey via Columbia Journalism Review on December 6, 2019

What Maketh a Man

How queer artist J.C. Leyendecker invented an iconography of twentieth-century American masculinity.
by Tyler Malone via Lapham’s Quarterly on June 10, 2019

Rihanna Reveals the Story Behind her Latest Collection’s Imagery

How the 1960s Black Is Beautiful movement inspired her latest Fenty fashion collection.
by Sarah Mower via Vogue on May 29, 2019
Illustration of video of Columbine shooters

20 Years Later, Columbine Is The Spectacle The Shooters Wanted

Searching for meaning in the shooters’ infamous “basement tapes.”
by Andy Warner via The Nib on April 17, 2019

How a Small-Town Navy Vet Created Rock’s Most Iconic Surrealist Posters

The story of one of rock's most prolific poster artists.
by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on March 28, 2019

Does Journalism Have a Future?

In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on January 22, 2019
Collage of paper clippings including headless a running man, an explosion where his head would be, and a jet flying alongside him.

Ante Up: The Scales of Power Seen Through Norman Podhoretz’s Eyes

In retrospect, it was peculiar but not surprising that the Jewish-American novel peaked early—halfway through the beginning, to be precise.
by Frank Guan via The Point on September 29, 2018

The Strange Decline of H.L. Mencken

No American writer has wielded such influence. So why is he so little known today?
by John Rossi via The American Conservative on July 9, 2018
illustration of orange groves with snow-capped mountains in the distance

The Dreams and Myths That Sold LA

How city leaders and real estate barons used sunshine and oranges to market Los Angeles.
by Hadley Meares via Curbed on May 24, 2018
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