The Second Amendment consists of just one sentence: “A well regulated militia, being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be i
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How to Figure Out Your Curl Type
BY JOANE AMAY April 8, 2020 Decoding your curl type can be confusing. Several different textures can exist on one head alone (talking about my hair – K) which all have to some
How to Protect Your Online Privacy
On internet privacy, be very afraid Limit the personal information you share on social media. Turn on two-factor authentication especially for important accounts. Browse in incognito or privat
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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