Ashley Ross

After 20 years, the books felt fresh and new and exciting

The tale as old as time once resonated with French women who couldn’t choos...

The tale as old as time once resonated with French women who couldn’t choose their own husbands

One expert on the history of monsters sees J.K. Rowling returning to an anc...

One expert on the history of monsters sees J.K. Rowling returning to an ancient notion of what a "fantastic beast" can be

Trump is Voldemort and Clinton is Hermione

The legal concept of "irreconcilable differences" dates to 1969

This is how the treatment of POWs has changed over the course of American h...

This is how the treatment of POWs has changed over the course of American history

It’s been 100 years since Piggly Wiggly, America’s first supermarket, opene...

It’s been 100 years since Piggly Wiggly, America’s first supermarket, opened its doors