Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance reporter and essayist living in Richmond, Virginia. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Lit Hub, and Oh Reader, among others.

Passengers freshening up in the ladies' restroom at the Greyhound bus terminal, Chicago, 1943

Politics & History

In the Ladies’ Loo

Gender-segregated bathrooms tell a story about who is and who is not welcome in public life.

A woman at a desk with digital windows flowing behind her

Arts & Culture

Digital Overload

How can contemporary biographers contend with the explosion of materials at their disposal?

Editors' Picks

Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Education & Society

Ivory Towers: Good or Bad?

The ivory tower has always been metaphoric, but as Steven Shapin shows, its symbolic value has shifted over the centuries.

Politics & History

In the Shipyards of San Francisco

Photographer E. F. Joseph captured the dignity of the hundreds of Black women and men who worked on SS George Washington Carver during World War II.

Politics & History

The Devilish History of Devil’s Island

French Guiana's Devil’s Island has witnessed some of humanity’s hardest moments, from the brutalities of slavery to the punishments of penal servitude.

Arts & Culture

Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative

Bryan Sinche’s Published by the Author explores the resourcefulness of Black writers of the nineteenth century.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza

In the Ladies’ Loo

Digital Overload

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