A new article from The Journal of Politics demonstrates that Lib-Con polls have increasingly contained valid and useful information for a wide range of political analyses, from policy issues to voter turnout. Read it here: https://ow.ly/s1Jp50Y8YpO Journal of Politics

This article from The Quarterly Review of Biology examines the potential for mother-son conflict as a consequence of the greater cost of rearing males, as compared to rearing females, due to sex-specific growth differences. Read it here: https://ow.ly/4Cgh50Y8Ymp Quarterly Review of Biology

This article from Polity follows the recent rise in concerns about gynocracy, or women's access to political power, with respect to its prominence in classical Greece, using Aristotle's Politics to its effect on democratic societies. https://ow.ly/auQe50Y8YiG Polity, Journal of Political Science

In this article from The Library Quarterly, the editors look at how tactics, organization, and rhetoric have changed as book bans and book challenges have proliferated, resulting in vitriol against libraries and librarians. Read it here: https://ow.ly/11KQ50Y8Ygo

This article from the Supreme Court Review discusses how social media speech differs from speech that was used to develop the First Amendment jurisprudence and examines how the case Moody v. NetChoice, LLC fails to recognize these differences. Read it here: https://ow.ly/3mzL50Y8Ycy

This article from the Journal of Political Economy assesses the results of a trial to determine whether removal of barriers to exercise can improve academic performance, highlighting that exercise caused an increase in perceived self-control. https://ow.ly/4FJp50Y8Y4o Journal of Political Economy

Brendan de Kenessey reviews Nicolas Cornell’s “Wrongs and Rights Come Apart” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738305 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

This article from Economic Development and Cultural Change studies the effect of professional baseball on educational attainment in the Dominican Republic, a major locale of recruitment for Major League Baseball (MLB). Read it here: https://ow.ly/w4kV50Y8Y0P

This article from The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs discusses the history of a private French institution for upper-class alcoholics and its role as a uniquely privileged location for doctors to observe addiction and test treatment: https://ow.ly/MEAY50Y56JN

This article from Renaissance Drama argues that, for the Shakespearean thief to be fully appreciated, the domestic vigilance in "The Merchant of Venice" must be contextualized by end-time discourse. Read it here: https://ow.ly/HnZB50Y56FI

This article from Modern Philology assesses Aemilia Lanyer's "The Description of Cooke-ham" and proposes a new relationship between intimacy and text, focusing on Lanyer's experimentation with simile. Read it here: https://ow.ly/pn3t50Y56Am

This article from The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America analyzes the effort to compile all books ever written in or translated into Arabic—a project carried out by a Baghdadi bookseller in the late tenth century. https://ow.ly/1vWs50Y56wA The Bibliographical Society of America

This article from HOPOS looks at the case of epistemological scientism in the history of philosophy of science and discusses the implications of epistemological scientism for the practice and value of philosophy. Read more https://ow.ly/z0yo50Y56s9 The HOPOS Journal

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In the early modern period, women who followed military camps held a reputation for lecherous behavior. This article from Early Modern Women examines the testimony of one such camp follower and sheds light on these women's agency: https://ow.ly/3r9X50Y56nk

It's National River Day. Celebrate by reading this article from The Journal of Geology that evaluates the tectonic history of big river systems. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/PRYE50XK0L1

This article from English Literary Renaissance examines the epilogue to "Henry IV, Part 2" and considers how the play's final lines form part of a comic structure that destabilizes the epilogue's resolution. Read more: https://ow.ly/UNPX50Y561P English Literary Renaissance

The larva of the brine fly ("izcahuitli") was a main food staple and article of trade for the Mexica people. This article from Osiris shows the importance of the izcahuitli both as a religious symbol and a tool of imperial ascent in ancient Mexico https://ow.ly/5aJG50Y55Zx History of Science Society

This article from Classical Philology examines the complexities of the Latin word "paelex," which is used to refer to someone who has sex with a married man but is not married to him. Read more: https://ow.ly/SzGh50Y55Tl

This FREE article from History of Humanities recounts a notable 1960s project to construct a historical database and raises new questions about the epistemological status of data in the discipline of history. Read it here: https://ow.ly/uagc50Y55Qk

Weyl famously argued that that if space were discrete, then Euclidean geometry could not hold even approximately. A new article in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science casts doubt on one of Weyl's core assumptions. https://ow.ly/hFrK50Y55Mh British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

What do the methods of indexing and classification in manuscript recipe collections reveal about the organization of medical knowledge in early modern Italy? An article from I Tatti Studies responds to this question: https://ow.ly/Ghp650Y55IY

"When, how, and why the Black Death reach Europe?" A 2021 article from Speculum seeks to answer this question by emphasizing texts written by people who lived in or passed through the Black Sea in the 1340s. Read it here: https://ow.ly/c8w950Y4YIr The Medieval Academy of America

This article from Spenser Studies uses "The Shepheardes Calendar" as a case study to investigate the implications of recent research on voice in the Renaissance, highlighting the sounds "Calendar" makes and the tones of voice it imitates. https://ow.ly/6ErS50Y4YxU

It's National Pediatrician Day. Celebrate by reading this Summer 2000 issue of The Journal of Clinical Ethics, which is devoted to the practice of pediatrics. https://ow.ly/9vZf50XK0J0

This article from the International Journal of American Linguistics describes and analyzes the two future tenses of the Algonquian language Potawatomi: https://ow.ly/ZiKk50Y4tcC

Acts simultaneously required – and wrong. Can blame be placed? Margaret Shea explores in “Blameworthy Required Acts and Deontic Status Tracing” at doi.org/10.1086/738311 philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

This article from Journal of Political Economy analyzes how two different types of AI agents -- autonomous and nonautonomous -- affect different types of workers to reveal tradeoffs with AI regulation. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/OVMf50Y0ZgE. Journal of Political Economy

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This FREE article from American Journal of Archaeology reevaluates the archaeological evidence for olive cultivation and oil production across Italy, dating from prehistory through the Roman Empire. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/QmwV50Y0Zgh. Archaeological Institute of America

Theodore Naylor explores bodily autonomy, sovereignty, and decision-making authority for the aging person in “Persons, Authority, and Advance Directives” at doi.org/10.1086/738303 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

This JUST ACCEPTED, OPEN ACCESS from International Journal of Plant Sciences answers "Is hybridization an important consideration for ex situ conservation" through a case study using parentage in white oaks at The Morton Arboretum. https://ow.ly/S13X50Y0ZfL. International Journal of Plant Sciences

This AHEAD OF PRINT article from Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology quantifies the locomotive costs associated with weapon size and strength relative to size in crayfish. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/9h7050Y0ZeT.

This OPEN ACCESS article from Crime and Justice discusses how prison alternatives implemented in Western Europe helped to avoid "mass incarceration," and why American and European responses to rising crime rates have differed historically. Read it here: https://ow.ly/Xw4X50Y0ZeA.

This AHEAD OF PRINT, OPEN ACCESS article from The Biological Bulletin synthesizes data in the literature on the four types of photophores of the most abundant order of deep-sea fishes with bioluminescence, stomiiforms. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/mXPi50XXIqU.

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It's Squirrel Appreciation Day. Celebrate by reading this article from The American Naturalist that studies the storing habits of squirrels. https://ow.ly/2YmO50XK0yy American Naturalist / ASN 🐌

This article from American Political Thought considers and critiques Martha Nussbaum's cosmopolitanism from two perspectives: weaknesses in the rationales for egalitarian cosmopolitanism, and that she does not take actual patriotism seriously. https://ow.ly/fkLQ50XXIpL.

This article from Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics uses 2022's commercial real estate loans to analyze how credit and interest rate risk affect US bank solvency, suggesting that higher rates now pose a greater threat than credit risk. https://ow.ly/tP4V50XXIm9 Journal of Political Economy

In this article from Marine Resource Economics, a model is used to assess the effects of a series of Pacific trade agreements on Taiwan's frozen tuna exports, suggesting a threat to Taiwan's competitiveness. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/czg450XXIlI.

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My review of @joeykim.bsky.social's wonderful book ROMANTICISM AND THE POETICS OF ORIENTATION is now out in The Wordsworth Circle from @chicagojournals.bsky.social. Read it here! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Check out the list of forthcoming articles in Critical Historical Studies: https://ow.ly/T87w50XTbrk

This OPEN ACCESS article from Freshwater Science documents the mechanics of implementing stormwater control measures in Northern Kentucky and Austin, Texas, to reduce stream erosion. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Omzz50XXIjg. Society for Freshwater Science

This article from The American Naturalist seeks to understand the interaction between prey camouflage, behavior, and habitat as it affects predator perception, suggesting fitness differences between morphs of seasonally polyphenic species. https://ow.ly/vnx950XXIhZ. American Naturalist / ASN 🐌

Over the last 50 years, youth crime rates have declined considerably. This article from Crime and Justice seeks to explain the decline, suggesting that declines in unstructured socializing and in alcohol consumption are the strongest predictors. https://ow.ly/wCXB50XXIhh.

Congratulations to "Amnesia and Punishment" by Austen McDougal, one of the winners of the 2025 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize from the American Philosophical Association. Read the prize-winning article in Ethics: https://ow.ly/eq7Y50XTbv9

This article from Near Eastern Archaeology looks at nearly 150 artifacts to investigate the burial practices and cultural connections of the local people. The article reveals strong trade relations between Bronze Age Elamite communities. Read more here: https://ow.ly/wRut50XWp2Y ASOR