Author Maaza Mengiste spoke about the impetus behind her book, “Beneath the Lion’s Gaze,” and the challenges of writing historical fiction at a Thursday night lecture hosted by the Center for the...

Say what you will about the protests in Baltimore over the past few weeks (or, better yet, let Ta-Nehisi Coates say it for you), but one thing is clear: In one key respect, they worked. If the goal of...

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Scrolling through Facebook recently, I saw friends of all different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds posting articles about Baltimore with a similar message: Don’t criticize the violence; it’s...