Abortion has been common in the US since the 18th century – and debate over it started soon after
By Treva B Lindsey
Winter Rain
A poem by Christina Rossetti
Making sugar, making ‘coolies’: Chinese laborers toiled alongside Black workers on 19th-century Louisiana plantations
By Moon-Ho Jung
The Story of King Frost: A Russian Fairy Tale
By Andrew Lang, Annotated and illustrated by Amos-Cola Staff.
The Blessing of the Waters
By J.T. Bent
The Majesty of Trifles
By Victor Hugo
How the American Civil War Cemented Modern Christmas Traditions
By David Anderson, Swansea University
The Humble Origins of ‘Silent Night’
By Sarah Eyerly, Florida State University
Christmas Games: Snapdragon
By Robert Chambers
A Christmas Supper in the Marais
By Alphonse Daudet. Edited and translated by Antoinette Ogden.