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Month: September 2020

  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020

College Board Creates Advanced Placement Curriculum on African Diaspora for High School Students

BY GOODBLACKNEWS ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 (Photo of high school students by AP/Jaime Henry-White via Creative Commons) Years in the making, the influential College Board is launching an ambi

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Trump Revelations

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka let her masks do the talking.

By Ava Wallace September 12, 2020 at 7:45 p.m. EDT The newly minted 2020 U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka wore seven different masks for her seven matches this year in New York, each spor

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Toots Hibbert helped give reggae its name, its sound, and its enduring grace

By Chris Richards September 12, 2020 at 2:15 p.m. EDT During “Funky Kingston” — that golden-hot sunbeam of a song that Toots and the Maytals first dropped in 1973 — the word “re

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  • September 18, 2020

Cancer Projects to Diversify Genetic Research Receive New Grants

Because much cancer research and clinical trials have been based on white populations, efforts to explore the ways race and ethnicity influence disease are underway. By Emma Goldberg Sept

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  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Beware of Scams

This morning, I got a call from 844-348-3391 saying that I owed money to Eversource. (I have never had an Eversource account, but do have a CT phone number.) So I called the number. It started off

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  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

When the Wrong Singer for the Song Is Just So Right

By Laura Collins-Hughes Published Sept. 2, 2020 Updated Sept. 3, 2020 Originally scheduled to be performed in April at the Hammerstein Ballroom, this year’s “Miscast” has

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Jason Moran

Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations. Moran recorded first with Greg Osby and debuted as a

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  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Octavia Butler

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

The latest kerfuffle

Why should I go to that cemetery ( Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris)? It’s filled with losers. Donald J Trump (Speaking to President Trump) You have sacrificed nothing and no one. Kh

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

White GWU professor admits she falsely claimed Black identity

In a blog post attributed to Jessica A. Krug, the associate professor at George Washington University said she’s claimed a Black identity throughout her career. A blog post attributed to a histor

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  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

David Foster Wallace on Leadership

It is just about impossible to talk about the really important stuff in politics without using terms that have become such awful clichés they make your eyes glaze over and are hard to even hear. O

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020

Faces of Power

On Thursday, 9/10/20, the New York Times published an article which is essential viewing for all of us. Faces of Power is an article with photo arrays which shows, in graphic form, that o

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Trump’s Deliberate Deception

Woodward quoted Dan Coats, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, saying: “To him, a lie is not a lie. It’s just what he thinks. He doesn’t know the difference between the t

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Lemon Crunch Top Cake

To make this delicious, lemony treat, you need an 8-inch square cake pan, parchment paper to fit (and overlap), and a 350F preheated oven. You also need a sifter or a sieve, wax paper and a bowl or

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NY Times

  • Jimmy Lai’s Life, in Photos and Video
  • Hospitalized Brown Student Describes Hiding from Shooter
  • California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration
  • U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
  • José Antonio Kast Elected President of Chile

NPR

  • Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight
  • A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
  • Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
  • Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  • For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend

The Progressive

  • Living in Dangerous Times
  • Go Ahead, Be a Socialist
  • States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme
  • Lanes of Resistance
  • The Hidden Dangers of Meta’s Partnership Offer to Schools

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FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Trump’s Economic Speech
  • Trump Confirms His Disparaging Remark About ‘Shithole Countries’ at Immigration Meeting
  • Probing Trump’s Verbal Attack on Somalis
  • Vance’s Misleading Claims on Housing Prices and Illegal Immigration
  • Vaccine Panel, Voting to Change Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns, Shares Misleading Information

Snopes.com

  • Rumor has it photo shows John Roberts sitting next to Ghislaine Maxwell. Here's the truth
  • 14 rumors about Epstein's island, fact-checked
  • 'Nebraska Walz's for Trump' T-shirts photo truly shows Tim Walz's relatives
  • What to know about claims of California 'radiation fog'
  • Watch out for rumor Helen Mirren announced $107M Netflix investment

Tradeoffs

  • One Scientist's Mission to Change How We Prevent Overdoses
  • A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
  • One Economist’s Plan to Blow Up America’s Health Insurance System
  • Homeless Camp Sweeps Can Harm Health. Some Cities Are Trying a New Way.
  • Rising Costs, Fewer Choices: What’s Up with Medicare Drug Plans?

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