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America After 1619

407 Augusts’s ago, “twenty or more” enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia.

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Jazz and Civil Rights

The personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane cannot be divorced from the struggle for racial equality.

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Healing from the Holocaust

The caregivers who swooped in to help begin the healing process for Holocaust survivors.

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Music That Speaks

What are you listening to?

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Ruling Women

Women rule!

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Concrete Jungle

Palestinian identity as refugees in Damascus and America’s failing stormwater infrastructure.

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Nurse!

America has a problem. There’s a nursing shortage.

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Jackpot!

It’s football season, baby! And that means big upsets, impossible comebacks, nail biting finishes – plus sports betting ads… lots and lots of sports betting ads.

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A Saint’s Song

What makes Taylor Swift one of the most compelling songwriters of our time? And: A Brazilian, Catholic tradition.

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Corporate Greenwashing

“Dieselgate” was the largest ever case of corporate greenwashing.

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REPLAY: Banned Summer Reading

Are your summer reads banned?

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REPLAY: Riding Jane Crow

The critical role that Black women play in the American railroad’s history.

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