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Year: 2020

  • Prof Patty
  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

7 key takeaways from the Lindsey Graham, Jaime Harrison debate

Carol Motsinger Greenville News Oct. 4, 2020 Overall, decorum returned to the political debate stage on Saturday as Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jamie Harriso

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Trump returns to White House and removes mask despite having Covid

By Kevin Liptak and Maeve Reston, CNN Updated 7:40 PM ET, Mon October 5, 2020 (CNN) President Donald Trump staged a reckless departure from Walter Reed National Military Medical Ce

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Now what?

Google searches for “25th Amendment,” the part of the U.S. Constitution about the presidential line of succession, spiked shortly after Mr. Trump’s announcement. And legal experts h

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Low Income People Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Economic fallout from COVID-19 continues to hit lower-income Americans the hardest About six months into the pandemic, many Americans continue to face deep financial hardship. Among lower-inco

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

How did Various News Outlets Treat Trump Tax Return News?

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

California Creates Reparations Proposals

California Becomes 1st U.S. State to Create Proposals for Reparations to Descendants of Enslaved People Read more at Good Black News.

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

New Director of African American Museum

The Smithsonian Institution has announced that poet Kevin Young will be the next director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Young is currently director

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Another Breonna Taylor, Almost?

Texas college campus police storm the dorm room of sleeping black cheerleader, 17, at 3am after students – including her three white roommates – falsely reported that she threatened to stab the

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Debate?

It is what it is because you are who you are. Joe Biden Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. Donald Trump The main takeaway is that the debate didn’t alter the race. UBS’s Paul Donovan wro

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Apple Cream Torte

RECIPE BY SUNSET This makes 4 servings (for me) or more for those less greedy. 1 1/2 pounds (3 or 4) tender-sweet apples, such as Cameo, Fuji, or Gala (Pink Lady, Jazz, Honeygold are also deli

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

National Hispanic Heritage Month

The ways Hispanics describe their identity varies across immigrant generations For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we [Pew Research Center] looked at the terms Hispanics in the United States

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Constitutional Myth #8

Constitutional Myth #8: The 14th Amendment Doesn’t Exist GARRETT EPPS  JULY 13, 2011 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens o

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Our Body Politic

Author and award-winning journalist Farai Chideya has created and will host Our Body Politic, a weekly podcast debuting this weekend that is “unapologetically centered on reporting

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

IS IT SAFE TO FLY ?

Ken Budd, AARP, September 24, 2020  Although there are no statistics on the number of people who’ve caught COVID-19 on planes, at least some passengers have likely been infect

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Federal judge blocks Trump administration attempt to end 2020 Census early

By Tara Bahrampour September 25, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT A California judge late Thursday blocked the Trump administration from stopping the 2020 census count next week, saying it should c

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NY Times

  • Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
  • Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited.
  • Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities
  • One Way the Brown Attack Was Unusual: The Gunman Escaped
  • A Last Chance to Prep for the Exam. Then, a Gunman at the Classroom Door.

NPR

  • Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries
  • From bird droppings to holiday kisses: How we ended up under the mistletoe
  • Only two species can survive in Great Salt Lake? Scientist says — hold my Nalgene
  • Orange rivers and melting glaciers: federal report shows rapid change in the Arctic
  • Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight

The Progressive

  • After the Wreck
  • Farmers Should Unite to Fight Unfair Trade Policies
  • Revisiting the Protest Movement that Shook the One Percent
  • Crackdown on the Unhoused Violates U.N. Declaration, Activists Say
  • The Progressive’s Favorite Books of 2025

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FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Trump’s Economic Speech
  • Trump Confirms His Disparaging Remark About ‘Shithole Countries’ at Immigration Meeting
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  • 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 that Oura ring shares health data with Palantir is an exaggeration
  • Did Chuck Schumer say 'go Bills' before remarks on Sydney and Brown shootings?
  • Minnesota woman Sue Tincher was arrested by ICE while observing agents
  • Story about Eric Langford, missing Boy Scout, isn't what it seems
  • 'Things can happen': Trump quote about Brown University shooting spreads online

Tradeoffs

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  • A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
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  • 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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