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From Boston to Paris, art keeps disappearing into the dark

YOUNG COUPLE VISITING ART GALLERY It was just after dawn in Paris when the sirens began to wail through the narrow streets surrounding the Louvre....

‘I Feel Very Sad’ – Families Worry as Powerful Hurricane Moves Through the Caribbean

Howard University News Service By Damenica Ellis and Bamidele Aina Students pray during a vigil for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa (Photo courtesy of Malik Morris) Shaneal...

Rereading Rembrandt: how the slave trade helped establish the golden age of Dutch painting

Detail from Rembrandt van Rijn’s painting Two African Men. Sailko/The Mauritshuis/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY by Caroline Fowler, Williams College The so-called golden age of Dutch painting...

Israel-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable impact of Trump

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in Gaza gather in favor of the ceasefire deal in Tel Aviv on Jan. 16, 2025. Jack...

I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions

Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, who was an enslaved farmworker in Brazil, clears land in 2015 in Monsenhor Gil, Brazil, after obtaining his freedom. Millions...

Female Nazi concentration camp guards: the true horror lies in their similarities to ourselves

Female guards at Belsen concentration camp in 1945, photographed by the American Army. RKive / Alamy by Angharad Hampshire, York St John University Between 1939 and 1945,...

Guest Editorial: Female Presidential Executives — The World, 14, America, 0

Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking Nov. 6 at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, D.C., concedes her 2024 presidential campaign against former President...

For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back

Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons by Ana Lucia Araujo,...

How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

A Confederate Festival attendee visits the American cemetery in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil, on April 24, 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images by Jordan Brasher, Macalester College There...

Yes, Philadelphia is a sanctuary city − but that offers undocumented immigrants little protection from mass deportations

Immigrant rights advocates call on Philadelphia officials to strengthen the city’s sanctuary policies at a rally on Dec. 10, 2024. Manuel Vasquez/Juntos, CC BY-NC-ND by...

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