2020

Frozen and canned foods are often high in sodium. Read every label. Try to eat fresh, unprocessed foods. Look out for things like pizza and prepared sandwiches. Deli meats and cheeses can be very high in sodium. Check out that ketchup and soy sauce in your pantry.

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Ann Teleans is a brilliant caricaturist with a style all her own. Last week she took us on a downward escalator ride through the highlights — or lowlights — of the Trump years. It only takes a minute or so, but given the detail (Can you spot the bone saw? Do you recognize the senator obsequiously fanning…

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Personally, I like browned butter in place of plain butter or oil. I also prefer cream cheese or mascarpone cheese instead of sour cream, because the tang of sour cream does nothing for me in sweets. Here is my basic brownie recipe, not for a novice baker: 1 cup browned unsalted butter 1/4 cup softened cream cheese…

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“Black Friday” sales are here, and Thanksgiving isn’t for another 2 weeks. Christmas trees have been in some stores since late September. Most email is encouraging you to buy things that you probably don’t need. I got 72 emails from midnight (it’s 7:15 am), and half of them are selling something. The Times’ pop music…

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Paul Robeson, Political Outlaw: Lessons for Today from the Black Radical Tradition The class will feature Howard University professor Greg Carr and Rethinking Schools editor and high school teacher Jesse Hagopian.Take two minutes to watch a short video of Dr. Carr talking about Paul Robeson in this tweet — and then you’ll know why this session is…

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On October 25, 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was appointed Brigadier General in the United States Army by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, becoming the first African American general in the history of the United States Military. Since then nearly 400 other African American women and men have been appointed to that rank. The highest rank…

Read More THE COMMANDERS: ADMIRALS AND GENERALS IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, 1940

By Ian Shapira November 13, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. EST Under fierce attack over racism in its ranks, the Virginia Military Institute has appointed a Black man to lead the school for the first time in its 181-year history, VMI officials announced Friday. [Why is it that things have to be completely f*cked up before we get…

Read More A Black man will lead VMI for the first time in history, amid racism investigation