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Year: 2021

  • Prof Patty
  • May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

Some Authors to Read this Summer

Do you like mysteries? Here are some Black female mystery writers you might find interesting. Alyssa Cole Megan Giddings Rachel Howzell Hall Eleanor Taylor Bland Paula L Woods Barbara Neely Grace F

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 23, 2021

Man charged with wife’s murder illegally cast her ballot for Trump, officials say: ‘I just thought, give him another vote’

By Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas May 15, 2021 at 9:38 p.m. EDT The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on last fall. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew â

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

How New Efforts Are Recovering the Stories of People Who Were Deleted From History

BY RACHEL LANCE UPDATED: APRIL 7, 2020 3:42 PM EDT | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: APRIL 7, 2020 12:30 PM EDT Recently, a doctoral student at Duke University discovered that the oldest

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Traitors Celebrated?

My question is why can southern states, who lost the Civil War, get away with having holidays and memorials to those who rebelled against the USA? Clint Smith, writing for The Atlantic, s

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021

What This Cruel War Was Over

TA-NEHISI COATES JUNE 22, 2015 The Confederate flag is directly tied to the Confederate cause, and the Confederate cause was white supremacy. This claim is not the result of revisionism. It do

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May marks the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – during a time when anti-Asian hate crimes continue to rise across the country. Our guide breaks down the long history

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

‘Two justice systems’: Anger as white Trump supporter who used dead mother’s vote walks free while Black woman faces jail for voting error

Graig Graziosi 5/4/21 A white man who pretended to be his dead mother in order to cast an extra vote for Donald Trump was sentenced to five years of probation after being found guilty. A Black

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

How the Myth of a Liberal North Erases a Long History of White Violence

By Christy Clark-Pujara and Anna-Lisa Cox SMITHSONIANMAG.COM AUGUST 27, 2020 In 1834 there were even more riots against African Americans, most notably in New Haven, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward

Analysis by Ronald Brownstein Updated 1:16 AM ET, Fri April 23, 2021 Far right White supremacist groups, conservative media personalities and now Republicans in Congress are try

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 12, 2021November 5, 2025

South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exonerated

By Lindsey Bever and Gillian Brockell May 8, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT Barely 5 feet tall and not yet 100 pounds, George Stinney Jr. sat so small in the electric chair that the stra

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

How to Wash Your Gym Clothes

My son has the sweatiest gym clothes. I mean, really, I’ve never smelled anything like them. And – if he forgets to wash them right away – well, we can’t be in the same room, maybe even in

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 12, 2021November 5, 2025

Pet Proof Your House

Have you ever had a dog that would chew anything? A puppy who had difficulty learning boundaries? I have had both of those kinds of dogs, and don’t have a crate because there is

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 12, 2021

How to Cope When Mother’s Day Is Hard

By Angela Kwan Updated May 02, 2019 As social media has evolved, so has the way we celebrate Mother’s Day: it’s transformed from a private day into a far more public display. But

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 12, 2021

Never take on an intelligent, educated black woman…

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  • Prof Patty
  • May 8, 2021May 8, 2021

Just who is Tucker Carlson?

Agnes Erickson writes, “Tucker McNear Swanson Carlson was born in San Francisco in 1969, the oldest of two boys. The media may have been a popular dinner table topic for him growing up as his fat

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NY Times

  • Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry
  • Gunshots at Brown University, Then 12 Hours of Lockdown and Fear
  • Man Tackled and Disarmed One of the Bondi Beach Gunmen, Video Shows
  • The Bondi Beach Shooting Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like
  • Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say

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

  • 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
  • 17 Trump Truth Social posts we've debunked

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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