Black travelers often struggled to find hotels, restaurants, and other needed services during the Jim Crow era of segregation. So that they might “travel without embarrassment,” New York City postal carrier Victor H. Green created a tour book in 1936 for African Americans on the road. “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” its pages filled with […]
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Sylvester Danson Kahyana has written poetry and children’s literature, but what seems to have gotten him in trouble was what he wrote on Facebook. Amani Matabaro Tom is a longtime activist who spoke out on child labor abuses and environmental effects of mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Both are finishing out 10-month stints at the University as
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Our recent series Fixing the Constitution Many analysts and citizens believe that the Constitution, more than 230 years old, is out of touch with contemporary America. We asked five scholars to isolate the problem they’d attack first. Life | Work A series focused on the personal side of Harvard research and teaching. Source link
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Watching how others behave is one of the primary ways people learn social cues and appropriate behaviors. But might that also be a way biases are spread and perpetuated? A recent psychology study in Science Advances aims to understand how prejudice might be passed along this way and how that contributes to societal-level inequality. “Transmission
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Regular aspirin may help lower risk of colorectal cancer in people with greater lifestyle-related risk factors for the disease, according to a study led by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mass General Brigham. The study, which was published in JAMA Oncology, showed that among the more than 100,000 men and women followed for 30 years, those with
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Women have been underrepresented in science and technology fields, and new research suggests a somewhat surprising possible contributing factor: the influence of moms. A recent paper by Michela Carlana, Harvard Kennedy School assistant professor of public policy, and Lucia Corno, an economics professor from Cattolica University in Italy, studied 2,000 Italian students — ages 11 to
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Rachel PerlmutterCulinary Producer at The Kitchn I went to college to study art history and journalism, and I spent a lot of my free time cooking and planning dinner parties. So after graduating I went to culinary school with the plan to combine my loves of communication and food. I dove into any experience I
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Summer is all about socializing more while doing less: less prep, less cleanup, less fuss. The way to channel vacation vibes all season long, from a weeknight dinner to a Saturday night BBQ, is by relying on crowd-pleasing dishes that come together easily. Another way to spend more time at the party: Serve your recipes
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We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. If you’re a fan of cake mix in a box, spread into a baking pan or sheet pan, then you’re probably going to love the chocolate sheet cake recipe
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