The Supply-Side Swindle; For decades, the GOP has used tax cuts to achieve its political goals. So why do Dems keep treating "supply-side" as an economic strategy?

"What is Sport to You is Death to Us."; In 1867, African-Americans in Virginia stood up for their new political rights in the face of threats from their white neighbors.

What the Viral Media of the Civil War Era Can Teach Us About Prejudice; A recent photography exhibit at the Getty Center raises difficult questions about our capacity for empathy.

When Science Was Big; This year's Nobel Prize in physics is a blast from the past of Cold War-era research investment. Is that era gone for good?

Why Felon Disenfranchisement Doesn't Violate the Constitution; The justification can be found in an obscure section of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The World According to the 1580s; A newly digitized map offers a rare glimpse at the way Europeans conceived of the Americas before British colonization.

Zones of Doubt; What we can learn about trade policy from a misbegotten 19th century effort to quantify the chemical properties of wool.