The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats,…
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats,…
Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and…
While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions…
Using tea bags, mop strands and other camp detritus, detainees used art as a way of escape at the detention center.
Roughly 80% of the coin supply will be distributed to its founders over the course of three years – and that could leave…
Students learn the history of beer, how to do a tasting analysis, and the hallmarks of designing a proper − and profitable…
A historian of artistic censorship sees chilling similarities to 19th-century anti-obscenity crusades.
Do companies need to embrace a more diesel-fueled, meat-eating mentality? Many already do – and the results aren’t pretty,…
When Lynch’s films were first released, they seemed to be funhouse-mirror reflections of society. Not so anymore.
Reading and maintaining a human connection have a vital role to play as extreme events that have long served as the stuff…
Henry James’ ‘The Princess Casamassima’ tells a story of political radicalism in a time of economic inequality. But…
As local news outlets continue to close across the country, people’s news sources keep evolving.
Trial lawyers, like artists, have to connect with different audiences and push them to look at legal issues, people and…
Philly sports fans embrace a working-class ideology that thrives on being the underdog and emphasizes toughness, hard work…
The shifts associated with being in your 40s and 50s – gray hairs, career doldrums, a longing for something more – seem…
A handbag becoming a symbol of class strife aptly defines the mood of the online zeitgeist.