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Anna Deveare Smith
Arts+Culture
Anna Deavere Smith speaks to the beauty of Baltimore
Published May 17, 2022
In a lecture hosted by Billie Holiday Center, Baltimore-born dramatist Smith described a light that comes from the city and its people, even amidst ongoing societal struggles
An illustration of an omicron variant
Q+A
Taking the temperature of the pandemic
Published May 16, 2022 Video
As the U.S. reaches one million COVID-19 deaths, where are we in the arc of the pandemic? Epidemiologist David Dowdy explains.
Exterior of the Supreme Court with an American flag flying
Commentary
'A full-throated reversal' of abortion rights
Published May 13, 2022
Health law and policy scholar Joanne Rosen discusses the legal arguments laid out in the pending 'Dobbs' decision that may prove the undoing of 'Roe'
Atul Gawande
HEALTH POLICY FORUM
USAID's Atul Gawande discusses the challenges of misinformation
Published May 4, 2022 Video
Gawande encouraged the next generation of public health scholars to take on science skepticism in fifth installment of the university's Health Policy Forum series
Detail of Supreme Court building with inscription "Equal Justice Under Law"
Reproductive health
How did 'settled law' get unsettled?
Published May 4, 2022
The conservative movement carefully orchestrated the end of abortion rights over decades, using the women's suffrage playbook, says political scientist Dawn Teele
A message from JHU President Ronald J. Daniels
Published Spring 2022
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Editor's note
Published Spring 2022
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Letters to the editor
Published Spring 2022
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Baltimore skyline
Q+A
What is guaranteed income?
Published April 26, 2022
As Baltimore announces a pilot program to provide cash payments to its poorest residents, experts on the health effects of poverty discuss guaranteed income programs and their impact on public health
Minkah Makalani
Spotlight
Minkah Makalani ventures beyond what can be imagined
Published April 12, 2022
The new director of the interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies has seen firsthand how collaboration between the academy and the community can yield ideas unfettered by preconceived notions and expectations