Tag: National

Should Hindi be the National Language of India?

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, with over 500 million speakers, which is around 43% of the country. Although there are more than 100 languages spoken in India, Hindi is the most common one, spoken in almost all the states of the nation. So, naturally, it means that Hindi should be...

Visit to the National Museum of Korea: History, Culture, & Art

We first began our tour in the earliest period of Korean history with the nation’s ancient history. Here, we saw the early stages of Korea, with ancient artifacts, crude tools, and early pottery, showcasing Korea’s gradual transformation into adopting Bronze Age technology. Included in t...

Anpan: The Much-Loved Japanese Bread That Became a National Hero

Anpan is one of the most popular breads in Japan. You can find it in every supermarket, convenience store, and bakery. An, also known as Anko, is a sweet Adzuki bean paste often used in traditional Japanese confectionery. Pan means Western bread. As the name shows, Anpan hides...

Opioid Epidemic Annotated Bibliography

The NIH is government program called the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whose goal is to use advance science on the research of addiction and drug use, to improve the public’s health. The following page on the NIH website is about Opioid Overdose Crisis, revised annually to keep it up to da...

Fentanyl in the National Spotlight

It was grim news for a nation already exhausted by war, a pandemic, and growing economic uncertainties. “Changes in illicit drug supply during the pandemic have resulted in more fentanyl-associated overdose deaths,” warned the prestigious medical publication. “The potency of fen...

Standing For the National Anthem Is a Symbol of White Supremacy

I no longer feel safe when the national anthem is played in public. It seems like during the anthem, there is always a contingent of angry men who take it upon themselves to become “love of the country” enforcers. With scowls on their faces, they twist from side to side, scanning the cro...

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian & Associate Curator Paul Chaat Smith

I’m Jesse Jensen, an undergraduate student from the University of Iowa and associate producer for the Creative Process. During this interview Paul questions the education,or lack thereof, we are receiving in America around past and current Native American history. When reflecting on my own edu...

Adventures of an ALMOST Fifty-Year Old Backpacker: The National Museum of the American Indian

It’s not that I wasn’t aware of American Indian history. When I used to teach my U.S. History course, the first lesson was always about pre-Colombian cultures. The problem was that I placed them neatly in a narrative versus diving deeply into their belief systems. It was a start, but in ...

Opinion| Are the 2024 Elections as Important as 1994?

Considering the national scale of the elections, the stakes of executive power involved and the 30th anniversary of the first democratic elections, the 2024 general elections are geared to be monumental to South Africa’s democracy. With public confidence on the decline for both coalition gover...