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A quest to reconstruct Baltimore's American Indian 'reservation'

  • Written by Ashley Minner, Lecturer, Folklorist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Members of East Baltimore Church of God, which was founded by Lumbee Indians, and was once located in the heart of 'the reservation,' in the 1700 block of E. Baltimore Street.Photo courtesy of Rev. Robert E. Dodson Jr., Pastor, East Baltimore Church of God, Author provided

A few years ago, I invited a group of students to go on a short walking tour...

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What Leonardo's depiction of Virgin Mary and Jesus tells us about his religious beliefs

  • Written by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Haub Director of Catholic Studies, Georgetown University
Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks.National Gallery London

On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, Italian academic Francesco Caglioti’s recent claim that a sculpture held at a London museum bears close similarities with the work of the Renaissance genius has opened up a fresh discussion.

The Victoria and Albert...

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Understanding the periodic table through the lens of the volatile Group I metals

  • Written by Erwin Boschmann, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, IUPUI
Sodium metal explodes on contact with water. Albert Russ/Shutterstock.com

The news broke that a railroad car, loaded with pure sodium, had just derailed and was spilling its contents. A television reporter called me for an explanation of why firefighters were not allowed to use water on the flames bursting from the mangled car. While on the air I...

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Japan’s next emperor is a modern, multilingual environmentalist

  • Written by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis, Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

For the first time in 217 years, a Japanese emperor will cede his place on the imperial throne.

On April 30, Japan’s ailing 85-year-old Emperor Akihito will abdicate and be replaced the following day by his 59-year-old son, Crown Prince Naruhito.

Naruhito and his wife, Crown Princess Masako, are a modern couple. Both have studied overseas...

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In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred

  • Written by Rohit Chopra, Associate Professor of Communication, Santa Clara University
Smartphones are a conduit for misinformation about the Indian election.AP Photo/Manish Swarup

A general election in India, the world’s most populous democracy, seems a theoretical impossibility. Collecting the votes of nearly a billion people across a staggeringly diverse subcontinent has for more than half a century faced challenges of logist...

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Can the census ask if you're a citizen? Here's what's at stake in the Supreme Court battle over the 2020 census

  • Written by Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Citizenship may be included in the next census questionnaire.Maria Dryfhout/shutterstock.com

For the first time in decades, the 2020 census might include a question asking whether or not each counted person is a citizen.

When Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross directed that the 2020 census include that question, he claimed that it was necessary to...

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Qué piensan realmente los hispanos acerca de Trump

  • Written by Stella Rouse, Associate Professor of Government and Politics and Director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland
Hispanic voters are not a monolith.Baiterek Media/shutterstock.com

Por primera vez en la historia se espera que los votantes hispanos sean el grupo minoritario más grande en el electorado del año 2020, según el Centro de Investigación Pew.

Con su reelección en la mira, no es sorprendente que el presidente Donald...

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What happens when a big business tries to take over and rename a neighborhood

  • Written by Raechel A. Portelli, Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan State University
Do you know where you are right now?Ana de Sousa/shutterstock.com

What if Google tried to rename your neighborhood?

That happened to some Californians in spring 2018, when Google Maps changed the moniker of three San Francisco neighborhoods – Rincon Hill, South Beach and South Market – to “East Cut.”

Given the extensive reach...

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How 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' inspired the cathedral's 19th-century revival

  • Written by Julia Walker, Assistant Professor of Art History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The gargoyles that sit on Notre Dame today were installed as a nod to the cathedral's past.Noemiseh91/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

On April 15, people around the world watched in horror as a voracious fire consumed the medieval wooden roof of Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral and felled its spire.

The following day brought some measure of relief:...

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Did Trump obstruct justice? 5 questions Congress must answer

  • Written by David Orentlicher, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Health Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Pages from Robert Mueller's final report on the special counsel investigation into Donald Trump, which show heavy redaction by the Department of Justice.AP Photo/Jon Elswick

“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President of the United States did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state....

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