The animal kingdoms of Asia and Australia are worlds apart, thanks to an invisible line that runs right between the two neighboring continents. Most wildlife never cross this imaginary boundary, not ...

There’s no doubt law professor Daniel J. Sharfstein’s sweeping history of three black families in the U.S. was impeccably researched. Only a writer who lived and breathed his subject matter for more ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mend Mariwany, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) Our experiences of the world are ...

The Oberlin Rescuers at Cuyahoga County Jail in 1859. T.J. Rice. Courtesy of the Library of Congress For much of their history, Americans dealt with racial differences by drawing a strict line between ...

Consider this to be a creepy riddle, or a spooky fairy tale: There’s this huge mass of land. Someone draws an invisible line across the land. Below the invisible line, people are killing each other at ...

Today’s guest columnist is Jennifer L. Greer. “Dynamite Hill,” I told my husband when he asked me where I was going on a recent Saturday morning as I readied for a walking tour in Birmingham, AL. He ...

Our experiences of the world are diverse, often changing as we move across borders from one country to another. They can also vary based on language or subtle shifts in climate. Yet, we rarely ...