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Finding enslavers in your family tree may make you feel uneasy and wary about presenting that information. Here’s a guide to grappling with the knowledge.

Eric Höweler of Höweler + Yoon joins the podcast to discuss the revitalization of the Coolidge Corner Theatre outside of Boston, the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA, and the firm's narrative-driven design process.

The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation’s competition to design a new memorial space on federally-owned land in Washington, D.C. has named its four-finalist shortlist ahead of the announcement of an overall winner that is expected later in the spring. The nation’s first memorial dedicated...

As colleges reckon with the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, some see an opportunity to return to the policy’s early roots: reparations through admissions.  As the Supreme Court debated whether to strike down affirmative action last spring, Justice Brett Kavanaugh posed a surprising question to an expert witness: Should a benefit given to descendants of slaves—whether a cash payment or something less concrete, like preferential treatment in college admissions—be considered race-based?

Kathryn Howell’s transit diary details a week spent commuting from Capitol Hill to College Park on bike, to University of Virginia on rail, and more, as she enjoys that car-lite life.