Long before becoming a sweet snack, graham crackers were created as part of a 19th-century moral movement aimed at curbing lust and promoting purity through diet. This surprising story blends food ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

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In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the ...

Efforts in the early 20th century to improve the quality of medical education in the United States led to a steep decline in ...

In a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the majority ruled that the district courts exceeded their power by ...