This primer on Black Midwestern Studies examines the factors shaping communities of color in America’s “flyover country,” long mistaken as a place of normative whiteness.

The first feature-length zombie movie emerged from Haitians’ longstanding association of the living dead with slavery and exploited labor.

On September 27, 1822, the French philologist announced that he’d decrypted the key that would unlock Egypt’s ancient past.

The National Book Awards Shortlist has been announced and wouldn't you know, many of the authors honored have work in JSTOR.