Development & Education

September 25, 2020

In October, the Royal Festival Hall will feature 21 classical composers of color in its first season since the country's first lockdown this spring.

History

A slave ship’s logbook from 1795 reveals harrowing details of the middle passage

The World

September 24, 2020

The logbook, recently discovered in a California closet, now has a new home at Georgetown University where it is being preserved by scholars and digitized.

Women & Girls

Afghan women negotiating with the Taliban say they feel ‘heavy responsibility’

The World

September 23, 2020

For the first time in two decades, members of the Afghan negotiating team are officially meeting with the Taliban to work out a peace agreement. There are only four women on the team, and they say they carry a heavy responsibility on behalf of women in their country.

For this young Latino, spending more time with family is an upside to the pandemic

The World

September 23, 2020

Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old college freshman, expected to move to campus at the University of Texas at Austin last month. Instead, he's taking classes virtually from home — and learning a lot more about his parents' upbringing.

Education

Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools

The World

September 23, 2020

For students who normally live in Shanghai, China, going back to school with remote learning from half a world away in the United States has its downs — and a few ups.

Top of The World

#UNGA75 goes virtual with big challenges; China expands Tibet labor program; Australian whales get beached

The World

September 22, 2020

Annual addresses by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly kick off Tuesday, China has significantly expanded its mass labor program in the Tibet region, and almost 100 whales have died off the coast of Tasmania.

Commentary

Italy is caught in the middle of the EU's tussle with its 'systemic rival,' China

The World

September 21, 2020

Italian populists—skeptical of the value of EU membership—drove Italy to become the first G7 country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Then the pandemic brought generous EU aid, leaving Italy to reassess who its real friends are and how best to help its economy.

Women & Girls

RBG’s early days in Sweden shaped her fight for women’s equality

The World

September 21, 2020

In the early 1960s, Ginsburg traveled to Sweden, and learned Swedish, to work on a law project with a Swedish scholar, Anders Bruzelius. Her observations of Swedish society opened up her eyes to the possibilities for women's equality in the United States.

Education

How new legislation could improve Holocaust education in US public schools

The Conversation

September 17, 2020

The Never Again Education Act is meant to make Holocaust education more prominent in America's schools. A scholar of Holocaust studies explains five reasons why that's necessary.

Coronavirus Art

A new study on coronavirus songs in Africa looks at the impact of music with a message

The World

September 17, 2020

When graduate student Dipo Oyeleye heard the song "We Go Win (Corona)" by Cobhams Asuquo, a Nigerian singer-songwriter, he knew what his next research project would be: a study of the myriad coronavirus songs that flourished in Africa at the pandemic's onset on the continent.

Development & Education

London composers inspired by BLM confront classical music’s inequities through sound

A slave ship’s logbook from 1795 reveals harrowing details of the middle passage

Afghan women negotiating with the Taliban say they feel ‘heavy responsibility’

For this young Latino, spending more time with family is an upside to the pandemic

Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools

#UNGA75 goes virtual with big challenges; China expands Tibet labor program; Australian whales get beached

Italy is caught in the middle of the EU's tussle with its 'systemic rival,' China

RBG’s early days in Sweden shaped her fight for women’s equality

How new legislation could improve Holocaust education in US public schools

A new study on coronavirus songs in Africa looks at the impact of music with a message

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