CNN couldn't find much use for Osama bin Laden's personal collection of audiocassettes, and the FBI declined stewardship of the tapes. But now Flagg Miller, an associate professor of religious studies at the U. of California at Davis, is listening.

The Mix Tapes of Osama bin Laden

Ever since economists started trying to keep tabs on poverty, they've measured it as a factor of income. But what if that's the wrong way of going about things?

Poverty, Reconsidered

When NBA players, hip-hop stars, and professors dress to the nines, they're positioning themselves in a lineage that stretches back centuries. Monica Miller, an associate professor of English at Barnard College, explains—and takes us to 1760s England for a story about slavery, sexuality, and sartorialism.

Who Were the First Black Dandies?

Host of AfterWord, an audio show about research and academic life from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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