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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

GOP lawmaker says Black people are glad their ancestors were brought to US as slaves

Daniel Villarreal and The New Civil Rights Movement January 17, 2021 Terry Jones, a Republican lawmaker in North Dakota, has submitted a bill that would require state forms to list â

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  • January 25, 2021

Here’s why the NRA is really filing for bankruptcy and moving to Texas

By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Jan. 15, 2021 The National Rifle Association filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday and said it would eventually reincorporate in Texas — a move experts say is

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  • January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Kelly Loeffler Is Done in the Senate. But What About in the W.N.B.A.?

By Sopan Deb and Kevin Draper Jan. 6, 2021, 6:34 p.m. ET W.N.B.A. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told CNN over the summer that she would not force Loeffler to sell her stake,

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  • January 11, 2021

‘Grace and humor’: The vice presidents who certified their own election losses

By Gillian Brockell Jan. 2, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST  Mahogany boxes containing sealed envelopes with each state’s electoral college vote are marched into a joint session of Congress. The presi

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  • January 11, 2021

MEET THE BLACK WOMAN TAKING THE LEAD TO DEVELOP A VACCINE FOR COVID-19

by Dana Givens Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett, a viral immunologist working with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is taking the lead to develop a vaccine for the coronaviru

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  • January 11, 2021

Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial Virginia

The holidays are here, and among the many treats of the season are chocolate and hot cocoa. While these traditions provide a hefty dose of sugar, there’s a bittersweet side to chocolate’s histo

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  • January 11, 2021November 5, 2025

When to Toss Food Out

I clean my fridge regularly, because, in my house, I’m the only one who eats leftovers. I also check out all of those half-empty jars of condiments. I find those packets from the

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  • January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

Ways to Warm Up if You’re Always Cold

Toss your clothes into the dryer Eat at least 1 hot meal a day Wear socks to bed (mine are red and green and very fuzzy) Flannel sheets (are so soft and warm) Get some exercise Wear a hat when you

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  • January 6, 2021

13 Signs an Amazon Seller Can’t Be Trusted

Leah Campbell Amazon has been around for more than two decades, and as we all know, it has become the largest online retailer by a mile. But a recent Wall Street Journal investigation of

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  • January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

Daily Skimm: That’s a WAP on 2020

The Daily Skimm, December 31, 2020 Oh, 2020. Not all years are good but you were especially crappy. Our Google searches went from ‘best places to travel on a budget’ to ‘how many plants is to

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  • January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ said goodbye 25 years ago. Here’s why Bill Watterson’s masterwork enchants us still.

By Michael Cavna Dec. 31, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EST “A new year…a fresh, clean start!†a joyous boy in red mittens said a quarter-century ago this week, shortly before soaring forth on

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  • January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

A Year Filled With Death Changed Lives Forever

By William McDonald Published Dec. 30, 2020 Updated Dec. 31, 2020 Death has rarely so shaped a year as it did in 2020. It swept the world riding the back of the coronavirus. It

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  • January 6, 2021November 5, 2025

Things that Ended in 2020

The last original Peanuts strip was published on January 3, 2000. Charles Schultz, son of a barber and a housewife, just like Charlie Brown himself, passed away just over a month later, a victim of

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  • January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

31 Productive Things to Do in January to Start the New Year Off Right

By Mikey Rox  1 January 2015 Enjoy the Day Off Write Thank-You Notes for Holiday Gifts Edit Your Social Media Profiles Raid Your Pantry for Expired Food Read more HERE.

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  • January 6, 2021

Zinn Education Project

Here is another reason to look forward to 2021 â€” new people’s history books. We highlight below a few upcoming 2021 titles and invite you to events we are hosting for The Rebelli

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NY Times

  • JPMorgan Again Entangled in a Soccer Fiasco
  • ‘A War Zone’: Spokane Wildfires Leave a Devastating Trail of Destruction
  • Late Night Reacts to Trump’s Latest Iran Deal Comments
  • What Do Dictators Fear Most? Just Ask Nicaragua.
  • New Zealand Has Ended Greyhound Racing. Now It Has to Manage the Aftermath.
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NPR

  • Photos: Wildfires in Spokane lead to thousands of evacuations
  • What would it take to get peptides on the shelf?
  • Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
  • Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
  • After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
https://youtu.be/EAys2d29EXo?si=91f17xP95m4KfIls

The Progressive

  • Editor’s Note: Smoking Mirrors
  • Youth-Led Homs Film Society Looks to Rebuild a Divided Syria
  • Anti-Hunger Groups in Connecticut Champion Long-Term Solutions
  • The Urgent Water Crisis in Gaza
  • How ‘The Odyssey’ Was Lost In Translation
https://youtu.be/N82Nk7DIlrA?si=ONHe-_8fZiwYSfSS

FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo
  • Paul Distorts Fauci’s Diary Entry About COVID-19 and Wet Market
  • Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines
  • Trump’s Numbers, July 2026 Update
https://youtu.be/lw037FQ39dg?si=BB5YmOTjtcgXNBjK

Snopes.com

  • CDC didn't say COVID-19 vaccines are 'largest carcinogenic exposure in history'
  • Katie Miller, who called for Fauci's imprisonment, got medical advice from him in 2020
  • Are AI companies scanning and destroying millions of books, including rare titles?
  • Jeanne Gibson, one of many Rosie the Riveters, died at 100
  • 9 Medicare claims we've examined
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Tradeoffs

  • Meet the Man Launching Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements Months Early
  • A Wyoming Doctor’s Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Her Deep Red State
  • Call to Mind: Immigration and the Challenge to Belong
  • As Drama at Trump's FDA Subsides, Doubts and Damage Linger
  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
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