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Governor Wes Moore sits in front of a Maryland flag

Politics

The Governor Wes Moore

Published Winter 2023

One year into his governorship, Johns Hopkins Magazine sat down with Moore to talk about a life of service / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Baltimore cityscape at Mt. Vernon and the Washington Monument

21ST CENTURY CITIES

How people feel about living in Baltimore

Published Dec 5, 2023

Inaugural survey by Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative benchmarks sentiments and experiences across Baltimore

Panelists on a stage during a recent about whether the United States still needs race-based affirmative action.

Politics+Society

Does the U.S. still need affirmative action?

Published Nov 22, 2023

Experts deliberated the pros and cons of race-based affirmative action in a debate open to the public hosted by Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute

screen shot of a Johns Hopkins Congressional Briefing Series video

Congressional briefing

Studying the healing power of psychedelics

Published Nov 21, 2023

JHU Congressional Briefing panelists explain how the controlled substances could transform mental health treatment

Three soldiers walk among the ruins of buildings in Gaza

Humanitarian health

Experts discuss toll of Middle East conflict

Published Nov 20, 2023

Israel-Hamas war has resulted in mass civilian casualties, psychological trauma, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, humanitarian health experts say

An American flag hanging from a house front porch on the 4th of July is in focus in the foreground, nice homes in the background and a clear blue sky

Democracy

Unequal civic opportunity in the U.S.

Published Nov 13, 2023

Civic opportunity decreases as poverty levels increase, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute

Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji wrestling with his mom

Q+A

Is panda diplomacy over?

Published Nov 8, 2023

For the first time in over 50 years, the panda enclosure at the National Zoo will be empty. What does that mean for U.S.-China relations?

Rachel Stevenson

Changemakers

Rachel Stevenson advocates for nursing education

Published Nov 8, 2023

Stevenson educates members of Congress about the issues affecting current and future nurses

Close-up of American flag

Democracy+Politics

New conservative principles for building trust in elections

Published Nov 8, 2023

Principles released with new Gallup poll that shows wide partisan gaps in electoral confidence

Three voting booths lines up against a brick wall

Democracy+Politics

Report: Political violence imperils U.S. democracy

Published Nov 7, 2023

Experts from around the globe express concern for the future of U.S. electoral processes