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La Güera Rodríguez

Nov 25, 2021 | Book Reviews, Book Talk, Transportation, Transportation

By now, history has added a layer to the many ironies that Brandeis historian Silvia Arrom highlights in her spirited book about a controversial historical figure. The recent irony is…

Evasions

Nov 22, 2021 | Towards a More Equitable City, Transportation

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I can’t get the image out of my mind. A teenager dressed in her school uniform perched on a Metro turnstile and looked out at the crowd, projecting the proud attitude that she could…

A Norwegian-Brazilian Transcultural Encounter

Nov 11, 2021 | Student Views

In 1886, the Norwegian-born artist Alfred Emil Andersen exhibited his paintings alongside Edvard Munch, whose iconic “The Scream” would subsequently gain worldwide recognition. Just…

Poverty in Brazil in Times of Pandemic

Nov 1, 2021 | COVID November 2021, Eyes on COVID-19

Growing up in the 1970s in Brazil was a mixture of adventure and fear. Imagine a child in a lower-middle-class family very involved in fighting the military dictatorship that ruled the…

A Monumental Battle for the Story of Texas

Sep 5, 2021 | Monuments and Counter-Monuments, Places of Memory

In 2016, I visited the Alamo, as part of my first real return to Texas in many years. I had mapped out a road trip with my brother Edmund Roberts. Though Edmund has long known of…

Theme: History

La Güera Rodríguez

Evasions

A Norwegian-Brazilian Transcultural Encounter

Poverty in Brazil in Times of Pandemic

A Monumental Battle for the Story of Texas