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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • September 3, 2020

1st Black Woman on NJ Supreme Court

Daughter of Haitian Immigrants to Be 1st Black Woman on N.J. High Court Fabiana Pierre-Louis, 39, will also be the only Black judge currently seated on the state’s Supreme Court. By Tracey T

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  • September 3, 2020

Michelle Obama Urged Everyone to Vote

Michelle Obama Urged Everyone to Vote. Her Necklace Spelled It Out. By Vanessa Friedman Aug. 18, 2020 The necklace had been custom-ordered through ByChari, an independent, Black-owne

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  • September 3, 2020

Negro Baseball Leagues

Celebrating 100 years of Negro (Baseball) Leagues African-Americans began to play baseball in the late 1800s on military teams, college teams, and company teams. They eventually found their way to

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  • September 3, 2020

WHY ARE WHITE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS SO RACIST?

THE LEFT BEHIND: WHY ARE WHITE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS SO RACIST? BY DANIEL SCHULTZ  AUGUST 5, 2020 [W]e white Christians have not just been complacent or complicit; rather, as the natio

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  • September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

New York Magazine: Round Two

On the cover of New York Magazine’s August 17-30, 2020 issue, Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi takes readers inside Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, which is current

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  • September 3, 2020

IRS Offers Second Chance to Claim Dependent Stimulus Checks

Social Security, other federal beneficiaries have until Sept. 30 to file for $500 child payments by John Waggoner, AARP, August 14, 2020 According to the IRS, beneficiaries of Social Security

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  • September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

American Catholics and the Black Lives Matter Movement

Racism makes a liar of God. It says not everyone is made in his image. What a horrible lie from the pit of hell. Gloria Purvis, co-host of a popular Catholic radio show, “Morning Glory,” and a

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  • September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

Census 2020

The Census Bureau has confirmed that it will stop the census count early. What does that mean? At this time, 4 out of 10 households have not completed their census forms. Who is at risk? People who

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

CT Sun

CT Sun Wrap: Connecticut Returns To Win Column With Victory Over Fever by Abigail Adams After a tough loss to the Seattle Storm on Sunday, the Connecticut Sun bounced back Tuesday with an 84-6

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Can’t Go to the Big E?

The Big E is so much more than just a fair, it is tradition, it is celebration, it is the showcase of everything we are so proud of in New England. This is why our hearts are heavy as we bring you

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Black Women & Women’s Suffrage Movement

Counting Down with #19 Suffrage Stories: 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Tune in on Instagram and Twitter to learn 19 stories you may not know from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian and

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress.

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Mel Tormé

Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed “The Velvet Fog”, was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the musi

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Ledisi

Ledisi Anibade Young (/ˈlɛdɪsiː/; born March 28, 1972), better known simply as Ledisi, is an American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter, and actress. Her first name means “t

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  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Food Safety

Think you know what you’re doing in the kitchen? Take this food safety quiz and see. QUIZ or QUIZ

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NY Times

  • The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring, and Consumers Could Pay the Price
  • Assassination Plot Targeting N.Y.C. Palestinian Activist Is Disrupted
  • In Maine, Many Older Women Prefer Graham Platner for Senate
  • It’s Elon Musk’s World Now
  • Before the LaGuardia Crash, Why Didn’t Truck 1 Stop?

NPR

  • Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
  • Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy
  • Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
  • The oldest known recording of a whale song reveals how oceans have changed
  • This week's Short Wave news roundup

The Progressive

  • The World Cup Needs an ICE Truce
  • Israel Can’t Bomb Its Way to Peace
  • Americans Are United Against Trump’s War
  • Our digital lives have hidden costs
  • Address Affordability, Give Farmers a Chance

FactCheck.org

  • Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
  • Q&A on the SAVE America Act
  • EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’
  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.

Snopes.com

  • Does this video show 7 dogs in China escaping illegal transport truck, walking home?
  • Did Obamas open $100M 'Humanitarian Hope Center'?
  • Alaska legislator's staffer was indicted on child sex trafficking charges. Here's what happened
  • Beware claim Chuck Schumer's wife owns cleaning business hiring immigrants in US illegally
  • Did Matthew McConaughey host livestream about Epstein files, Bondi and Trump?

Tradeoffs

  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom
  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care

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