J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter might focus on the titular boy wizard and his adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but Harry doesn’t live in a bubble. Witches and wizards are ...

The pernicious myth of racial purity provided subtext for the early installments of the Harry Potter franchise and then drove the conflict in the darker back half of the series. J.K Rowling’s thinly ...

We all know a few people who may need some rehabilitation therapy to cure their Harry Potter addiction once the credits role on the franchise's final film tonight. But just how long have people been ...

For those mourning the loss of new Harry Potter tales, today is your lucky day: a spin-off movie is coming! Here’s some happy news for Muggles everywhere: A new Harry Potter movie is coming! Sort of.

Way back in 2015, it fell upon us to carry out the sad duty of informing Harry Potter fans what the canonical word for “muggles”—or non-magical people—is in America. That word, as we all surely know ...

In our ongoing series, High Contrast, we’re looking at how assistive technology can help people with disabilities overcome challenges in their lives, and the pioneers innovating in solutions to make ...

There is maybe a very minor spoiler in this post, but I'm not going to declare the thread spoiler free... The idea of wizards conquering and ruling the muggles "for their own good" got me wondering: ...

It’s a well-known fact that owners are like their dogs, you can usually spot it a mile away. Now I’m starting to realise that Muggles embodies both my looks and personality. I’d never really ...

It's been almost a decade since the last Harry Potter film grossed over $1 billion at the box office, but the wizarding world was still going strong at Kent Potterfest in Kent, Ohio last weekend. The ...