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Politics+Society

A young person speaks in front of a red, black, and green banner

New name, new major for Krieger School program focused on study of migration, racial hierarchy

Published Feb 8, 2024

The Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism will also launch a new major in Critical Diaspora Studies

Q+A

Birds aren't real*

Published Feb 7, 2024

How a nonsensical protest sign sparked a movement that shed light on how conspiracies grow and spread

3 questions

Who would benefit from the bipartisan tax bill?

Published Feb 2, 2024

If passed, a new tax package would convey the most significant benefits to low-income families, Hopkins economist Robert Moffitt explains

Samantha Power speaks at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center Jan. 30, 2024

Climate policy

Samantha Power urges major investments in climate resilience

Published Jan 30, 2024

During an address at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, the USAID administrator said the world is moving far too slowly to address changes in our climate and discussed how we can all be part of the solution

A large crowd gathers outdoors at night to view Taiwan election winners on a giant video screen

Q+A

Understanding the Taiwan elections

Published Jan 19, 2024

Tensions were already heightened between mainland China and Taiwan before the polls opened on Jan. 13. With the results in, what's the next chapter in this complex story?

In memoriam

Jerome Schneewind dies at 93

Published Jan 9, 2024

Schneewind was best known for his innovative research on the history of ethics, authoring and editing influential articles and volumes that stand as definitive works

Close-up of a hand touching a blue and green globe

3 Questions

The road ahead after COP28

Published Dec 18, 2023

The U.N. summit's climate pact is a step in the right direction, but much more is needed, Hopkins expert Benjamin Link says

In memoriam

J.G.A. Pocock dies at 99

Published Dec 18, 2023

Considered one of the great historians of his generation, Pocock wove philosophy, political science, and history into a program in political and moral thought that Hopkins is known for today