‘Model minority’ myth still too common in politics | GUEST COMMENTARY
Regardless of who uses it, the model minority stereotype is insulting — not just to Asian Americans but to all Americans.
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The far right has big plans for a second Trump term | GUEST COMMENTARY
If Trump is reelected, the right will hope to impact every aspect of American life by implementing the Mandate for Leadership, dubbed Project 2025.
Black Gen X: the bridge generation ushering in the ‘Golden Age of African Americans’ | GUEST COMMENTARY
After 400 years of contempt, targeted abuse and derision, Black identity seems to have crossed some imaginary line, and it’s suddenly cool to be Black in America now.
Maryland can afford Larry Hogan as governor, but not senator | GUEST COMMENTARY
In a state so overwhelmingly Democratic, there are constraints on just how conservative a conservative can be. In the U.S. Senate, such constraints do not exist. Larry Hogan will be...
Everyone knows the Pentagon is wasteful, but no one knows how much. And that’s a problem. | GUEST COMMENTARY
The full extent of Pentagon waste can only be guessed at because the Pentagon has never passed an independent audit.
When meat tastes like fear | GUEST COMMENTARY
Is it possible to experience the emotions of the animals we eat? I mean, if you eat a pork chop harvested from a pig that was frightened before it was...
The renegotiation of masculinity | GUEST COMMENTARY
When the renowned academic Camille Paglia noted in her now legendary book "Sexual Personae" that "popular art is a mirror of the popular mind," she was among the first to...
The myth of recycling as the answer to plastic waste | GUEST COMMENTARY
Plastic recycling isn't working. Only about 6% of plastic in the U.S. is recycled, and the vast majority of all the plastic ever produced on this planet still exists somewhere....
Learning to find beauty in the changing climate | GUEST COMMENTARY
When I was growing up on the streets of west Baltimore — where there are no trees to climb — we crawled through dumpsters for fun. In autumn and winter,...
Another legacy of slavery: thinking the U.S. is supposed to be a white nation | GUEST COMMENTARY
Not all legacies of slavery impact African Americans — some are the exclusive domain of white people. In the coming months, if the U.S. Supreme Court chooses to hear the...