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Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi on antiracism in higher education
Published Dec 9, 2021 Video
The author and scholar spoke at a virtual conference hosted by PHutures about the role universities and researchers play in dismantling racism
Erin Rowe and Martha Jones converse via Zoom
University history
Piecing together hard history
Published Dec 4, 2021
Johns Hopkins University faculty and others explore the complexities of archival research and scholarship as part of a long-term examination of the institution of slavery and its legacies at universities
Pro choice protesters gather outside the Supreme Court
Health+policy
The public health case for abortion rights
Published Nov 30, 2021
Joanne Rosen from the Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health discusses Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which heads to the Supreme Court Dec. 1
Artistic image of U.S. Capitol Building
Q+A
'Debt roulette' is an important political bargaining chip, finance expert says
Published Nov 24, 2021
As the Dec. 3 deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches, Kathleen Day discusses the history of the debt limit and why it remains a critical economic and political tool
Masked school kids work at their desks
Data tracking
Tracker finds widespread discrepancies in school COVID-19 policies
Published Nov 22, 2021
Variation occurs not only between states but also within states as individual districts adopt policies at odds with state guidelines
Stones engraved with "I am the agora" at the celebration of the SNF Agora Institute's first cohort of endowed professors
University news
Building the Agora
Published Nov 17, 2021 Video
The SNF Agora Institute formally installed its first cohort of endowed professors Nov. 15, marking a significant moment in the university's endeavors to foster democracy
A multi-ethnic group of elementary school children with their mothers, walking outside the school building, wearing protective face masks.
Education
25 years of school and family connections
Published Nov 16, 2021
The Johns Hopkins-based National Network of Partnership Schools has helped more than 5,000 schools plan, implement, and continually improve family and community involvement, says its director, Joyce Epstein
Audiologist inserting hearing aid on a senior woman's ear, close-up.
Q+A
Hearing aid coverage could be 'transformational'
Published Nov 15, 2021
Expanding Medicare coverage to pay for hearing aids would improve the quality of life for millions of older Americans, says Nicholas Reed of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
Paul Hessemer, left, and Francis "Bud" Holecheck
Veterans Day
Making up for lost time
Published Nov 10, 2021
After serving in WWII, Paul Hessemer and Bud Holecheck became friends as Homewood undergrads. Recently the two members of the Class of 1949 reunited for the first time in more than 70 years to catch up and discuss their shared wartime history.
Mother and daughter using digital tablet inside illuminated cozy hut
Q+A
Why the child tax credit matters
Published Nov 8, 2021
Economist and congressional adviser Robert Moffitt discusses how the American Rescue Plan's monthly allowance is lifting children out of poverty, cutting food insecurity, and investing in children as a society