Today JSTOR Daily celebrates John Coltrane, the greatly prophetic and pioneering jazz artist. We remember his music and legacy now.

Any pet owner can tell you that different pets have different personalities, but actually measuring personality in non-human animals is a challenge.

She can pack a room with her prose, but Maggie Nelson's got a poet's ear.

With U.S.-Cuba relations opening, Cuba’s best export to the U.S could be its healthcare model.

It wasn't just educational institutions like Georgetown University that profited off of slavery; churches, too, were complicit in the system.

Scientists have found there are actually four different species of giraffes. But what makes a species?

Punctuation is often a symbolically loaded. Is there anything else so heavily regulated, codified and coddled as the period, comma, or exclamation point?

Death on stage has a long, gory history. From Ancient Greece to 19th century Paris to The Walking Dead. Why does theatre like death so much?

We need to start thinking about how to live with internet trolls even while we look for ways to reduce or eliminating trolling. 

How important is a President's health? Should the public know all? History suggests that full disclosure is better than not.