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Duke Ellington’s Melodies Carried his Message of Social Justice
At a moment when there is a longstanding heated debate over how artists and pop culture figures should engage in social activism, the life and career of musical legend Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington offers a model of how to do it right.
Japan’s next emperor is a modern, multilingual environmentalist
For the first time in 217 years, a Japanese emperor will cede his place on the imperial throne.
A Conversation About the End
The End-of-Life Act was passed through the Maryland House of Delegates before it met its defeat in the Senate by one single vote.
A Quest to Reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘Reservation’
Lumbee are indigenous to North Carolina but have been present in Baltimore since at least as early as the 1930s.
