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Black Marylanders have been at the forefront of shaping American food history. Their contributions include the man considered the first master chef in America, the inception of the catering industry, and the invention of the crab grading system. “You cannot define Maryland food without paying attention to the enormous contributions that African American taste and […]
Black Belt Eagle Scout’s new album The Land, The Water, The Sky finds the artist reflecting on the way she’s reconnected with the terrain and the history of where she was raised. Rob Hakimian speaks to her about the musical and literal journey to this release. To a lesser or greater extent, most of us […]
Earlier this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stood before an audience at a private, Christian all-boys school, ostensibly to celebrate the life of slain civil rights hero Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Not surprisingly, the Republican governor, who is pushing hard to overhaul education in the Sunshine State, had more than King’s legacy of fighting […]
Laundré, J. W., Hernández, L. & Altendorf, K. B. Wolves, elk, and bison: reestablishing the “landscape of fear” in Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A.. Can. J. Zool. 79, 1401–1409 (2001).
In 1899, W.E.B. Du Bois published “The Philadelphia Negro,” a first-of-its-kind sociological case study of a Black community, combining urban ethnography, social history, and descriptive statistics. Its novel use of data to identify racial inequity undoubtedly influenced Du Bois’ vision for the NAACP, which he would go on to help found, as an organization that […]
Photo Illustration: Ben Lewis Giles; Bloomberg (9), Getty Images (1) Bloomberg identified 10 US lawmakers with the legislative expertise, political stature, and ability to get things done in a divided Congress — and they’ll be making waves this year. January 3, 2023, 12:01 AM UTC A new Congress takes power in January facing profound challenges […]
Roughly half of Americans and a large majority of Republicans think the nation’s global influence is slipping, according to a new Pew Research analysis. Overall, 47 percent of respondents told Pew pollsters the country’s influence on the global stage is weakening, while 19 percent said it is waxing, with the remainder deeming it unchanged. The […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, participated in a major meeting Friday, signaling increasingly close ties between the nations as US relations with both nations grow increasingly chilly. One significant result of the summit — which focused on trade agreements concerning oil, technology, infrastructure, […]
PARIS — The city of lights is littered with advertisements for “Black Friday” deals. Of course, virtually none of the city’s residents will celebrate Thanksgiving — and few probably even know that the traditional Friday shopping day is linked to the uniquely American (always-on-Thursday) holiday. To receive Eyes on U.S. each week in your inbox, […]
People associated with the U.S. military created fake accounts on more than seven internet services as part of a “coordinated inauthentic” influence operation targeting people in Central Asia and the Middle East, according to Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, in its report out this week. Although the people behind the operation “attempted […]