Andrea Asuaje

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April 18, 2025 Book bans have been on the rise across the country in recent years prompting lawmakers to pass legislation to protect libraries and librarians. “Freedom to read” legislation that aims to safeguard access to diverse materials in public and school libraries has been adopted in four states: Illinois, Maryland, California and New Jersey. Some lawmakers are hoping to add Massachusetts to that list. New Jersey state Sen.

6 days ago | wgbh.org | Andrea Asuaje

April 18, 2025 Of the 50 million Catholics in America, only about 3 million are African American . The history of Black Catholics in the United States spans from colonization and enslavement to Black parishes founded by the church during the Jim Crow era. “Black Catholics have been in what we know as the United States since 1565. So that’s a very long time,” M. Shawn Copeland, a retired Black theologian, told GBH’s Under the Radar. “We think about 1565 at St. Augustine in Florida.

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April 11, 2025 It’s an image many Americans have of the revolutionary figure, Paul Revere: a man in a tricorne hat racing through the streets on a horse and yelling, “The British are coming!” But this image of Revere doesn’t come from history — it comes from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Andrea Asuaje

April 11, 2025 Each year, thousands of Greater Bostonians observe Passover through Seder, the ceremonial meal of prayers, blessings and wine retelling the story of the Jews’ exodus from ancient Egypt. It’s a tradition passed down from generation to generation all over the world, but it didn’t reach the White House until 2009.

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April 04, 2025 Boston-based poet Tiana Clark hopes to show her courage and confidence with her award-winning poems. In her new book, “Scorched Earth,” Clark, who is also a professor at Smith College in Northampton, blends history, race, gender and grief within her collection of intimate poems. “I always say my poems are bolder than I am, they’re more courageous than I am,” Clark told Under the Radar host Callie Crossley.