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The Black Scholar

Arts & Culture

Tupac Shakur Remembered in GRAMMY Museum Exhibit

A new exhibit at the GRAMMY Museum explores the lyrics and cultural contribution of Tupac Shakur.

Arts & Culture

Maya Angelou Has Died

Maya Angelou has died.

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Politics & History

How Victorian Mansions Became the Default Haunted House

Quick: Picture a haunted house. It's probably a Victorian mansion, right? Here's how these structures became signifiers of horror, haunting, and death.

Politics & History

A Hell of a Cracker

The unusual origin of the graham cracker

Politics & History

The Return of Socialism

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has catapulted the term "Democratic socialist" back into the spotlight. What does it actually mean to be a socialist?

Arts & Culture

Do We Have to Tell Them the House Is Haunted?

On the law and mythologies of haunting, from antiquity to today.

Politics & History

Buying Alaska

It's the 150th anniversary of the Alaska Purchase. Why did the Americans want all that ice and why were the Russians willing to sell?