Is having an accurate estimate of your lifespan helpful to you? Do you want to plan for your retirement? What about ways to live longer? After all, it isn’t the years in your life, but the life i
Month: September 2021
Mixed-Race Celebrities – Did You Know?
Yara Shahidi Jessica Szohr Mariah Carey Dwayne Johnson Keegan-Michael Key Tracee Ellis Ross Gabrielle Reece Val Kilmer Jason Momoa Naomi Campbell Christina Aguilera Norah Jones Wentworth MIll
Missing White Woman Syndrome
“In 2004, at the Unity journalists of color convention in Washington, Gwen Ifill coined the phrase “missing white woman syndrome,” joking that “if there is a missing white woman you’re
Bringing Social Science to Bear on the Pandemic (Issues in Science and Technology)
Cutting-edge biomedical research brought the world a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine in record time. But as any public health official will remind you, it’s not vaccines that work, but vaccin
My Kids Don’t Want My China. Who’s Going to Take My Stuff?
Here’s how to make downsizing actually work. By Linda Yellin Our kids don’t want keepsakes; they want experiences. But not the experience of hand-washing some dead relative’s crystal. TE
Check out the latest edition of the Library of Congress Magazine
LCM September/October: A Portrait of Chinese American Life Looking for a new book to add to your reading list? The Library of Magazine has you covered. Read about the Jade Snow Wong memoir and
Passing
Ebony magazine rolled out a quiz in April 1952 that asked, “WHICH ONE IS NEGRO? WHICH IS WHITE?” How many can you guess correctly? (Answers at the end of the blog.) From Essence.com: Passi
We Tried 5 Methods for Browning Ground Beef and the Winner Is a Game-Changer
by MEGHAN SPLAWN published SEP 9, 2021 But is there a better way to brown ground beef than just dumping it into a hot skillet? We suspected so, which is why we put five popular metho
Journalists break down Manchin’s ‘considerable financial interests’ in fossil fuels
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia in 2017, Wikimedia Commons Alex Henderson September 22, 2021 During the Biden era, centrist Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has been a frequent source of fr
‘Grotesquely inhumane’: Border Patrol comes under fire for appearing to use reins as whips to hold back Haitian migrants crossing into Texas by wading through the Rio Grande: Thousands are now fleeing back to Mexico to avoid US deportation flights to Haiti
Thousands of desperate migrants are now fleeing back across the frontier of their own volition Comes after Biden administration announced it would ramp up flights to take them back to Haiti &n
These corporations are funding the Texas ban on reproductive rights
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Challenger Bread Pan
Challenger Bread Pan™ The revolutionary cast iron bread pan designed by bakers, for bakers. We crafted our bread pan to help you bake better bread every day! Bake bâtards, boules, demi-baguettes
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute
A New Hamilton Cast Read Along en Español In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are pleased to release our first Hamilton Cast Read Along entirely in Spanish. Rick Negron, who plays Ki
Vegan Cinnamon Muffin Doughnut Holes
Ingredients 1½ tablespoons ground flaxseed meal plus 4½ tablespoons water, mixed and allowed to sit for 15 minutes (if you do not need these to be vegan, you can use 1 whole egg plus 1
Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey
The Annenberg Civics Knowledge Survey, conducted since 2006, focuses on the public’s understanding of the Constitution of the United States. Since 2013, the civics knowledge survey has been condu