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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Celebrating female leaders

By Washington Post Staff Henrietta Wood After the Civil War, Wood made history by pursuing an audacious lawsuit against the man who had kidnapped her back into slavery. Joy Harjo Har

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021

Marvin Hagler helped boxing soar in the 1980s, and nothing topped his epic TKO of Thomas Hearns

By Gene Wang March 13, 2021 at 11:52 p.m. EST Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s death Saturday at 66, which was announced by his wife, Kay, on the Facebook page for fans of the fighte

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Workshop on Race and the Law of Business & Finance

The University of Chicago Center on Law and Finance and the University of Virginia John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program present “A Workshop on Race and the Law of Bus

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Five things that must happen to get people vaccinated

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll relea

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021

Thulani Davis and the Secret History of Women Writing Album Liner Notes

Since its inception in 1964, the Grammy for best album notes has been awarded to just three women. Davis, who won in 1993 for an Aretha Franklin boxed set, was the first. By Daphne A. Brooks M

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

A push to save landmarks of the ‘Great Migration’ — and better understand today’s racial inequities

By Mark Guarino March 13, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EST CHICAGO — As a child in the 1950s, Amelia Cooper lived in a multigenerational home in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood that often served a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit Becomes New Home of Tuskegee Airmen Museum, Virtual Grand Opening on 3/22

Read more:  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/03/13/tuskegee-airmen-wright-museum/115555474/

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021

Yo-Yo Ma played a surprise concert during his post-vaccination observation period

Tod Perry 03.15.21 Internationally-acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma had 15 minutes to kill last Saturday after getting his COVID-19 vaccination at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachu

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Pineapple Pie

Baked pineapple pie is a common Mexican dessert that’s not that easy to find in the States. Active: 45 mins Total: 2 hrs 45 min Original recipe submitted by Micah A Leal and published a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021

The American Rescue Act

By John Stoehr  March 09, 2021 The United States Senate passed Saturday a covid relief package worth about $2 trillion.2 It is a giant piece of legislation, in size and scope, akin t

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 14, 2021March 14, 2021

Today in History: Survivors of Amistad Mutiny Released

The Supreme Court issued a ruling on March 9, 1841, freeing the remaining thirty-five survivors of the Amistad mutiny. Although seven of the nine justices on the court hail

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 14, 2021March 14, 2021

Cancel Culture? WHAT?

There is no such thing as cancel culture. I don’t know how this dog-whistle changed meanings, but everything I have heard and can see suggests that complaints about “cancel culture” are used

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 14, 2021March 14, 2021

Someone Finally Got Piers Morgan to Shut Up

(I can’t abide the man -WCW) By Bridget Read Piers Morgan, a bloviated “crusty tea and crumpet ass” bigot with a history of terrible opinions and a penchant for never shutting up a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 14, 2021

10 Things You Should Never Put in the Dishwasher

By Corey Williams  Sharp knives Non-stick pots and pans Cast iron pots and pans Wooden anything (cutting boards, spoons, etc.) Read more HERE

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 9, 2021March 9, 2021

Online Classes: Teach the Black Freedom Struggle

The classes are held at least once a month on Mondays at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 90 minutes. In each session, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants (in

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NY Times

  • Utah Authorities Begin Investigation After 3 Women Are Found Dead
  • After Gen-Z Revolution, Nepal Votes for a Fresh Slate of Leaders
  • Hegseth Says War Will Go On ‘Until We Decide,’ and U.S. Court Moves Toward Ordering Tariff Refunds
  • They Made It Through the 24 Hours That Rocked South Korea’s Markets
  • Does the Iran War Put America First?

NPR

  • Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths
  • Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)
  • President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
  • Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
  • If you change the colors of a concert hall, you may change how patrons hear music

The Progressive

  • Resisting the Data Center Boom
  • How Trump Is Imperiling Federal Housing Subsidies
  • Sufyan Tayeh’s Legacy Lives on in His Students
  • The Right Expands Its Campaign to Censor College Professors
  • Trump, Coca, and Drones in Tumaco, Colombia

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Claims in Casey Means’ Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
  • Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
  • Legality of Latest Iran Attack in Question
  • FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union Address
  • A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims

Snopes.com

  • Why 'pizza' mentions in Epstein files don't prove 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory
  • Tune out claim 'SpongeBob Square Pants' was created to entertain children trafficked by Epstein
  • Did White House say Barron Trump was 'too tall' for military service? Here's the truth
  • Photo shows graves of Iranian girls killed in Minab school attack
  • Did Trump threaten to invade Spain? What we know

Tradeoffs

  • We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped

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