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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2020

“Black Journal” Available Online

Historic Public Affairs Series “Black Journal” Now Available Online at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Interviews from the 1960s and 1970s Include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Lewis, A

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

The Republican Choice

How a party spent decades making itself white. By Clare Malone Published Jun. 24, 2020 Editor’s note: This story includes a historical quote that uses a racial slur. Election Day 1

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  • July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

Kluge Prize to Danielle Allen

Library of Congress Awarded Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Danielle Allen Allen, Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Will Work with the Library t

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  • July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

John Lewis, C.T. Vivian, RIP

There’s nothing else to say. With the deaths of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, the U.S. has lost two civil rights greats who drew upon their fait

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  • July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

Understanding the Supremes

Today the final Supreme Court decisions of the term were announced. Here are a few highlights of this term’s rulings: The court ruled that nearly half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation in

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  • July 27, 2020

Washington Football Team Changes Name

The Redskins are finally getting a new name and a lot of the suggestions are honestly great Tod Perry 07.13.20 I am so sorry that the great Rev. Juanita Helphrey passed before she got to see w

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Lindsey Graham

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Goin’ Up Yonder

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Summer Peach Blueberry Cake

Make a yellow cake using a cake mix or a simple yellow cake recipe. Use vanilla and almond extract in equal amounts. Take 3 large peaches peeled and cut into small chunks or large dice and 3 large

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  • July 27, 2020

Be Kind to Your Mind

Tips to cope with stress during COVID-191 PAUSE. Breathe. Notice how you feel TAKE BREAKS from COVID-19 content MAKE time to sleep and exercise REACH OUT and stay connected SEEK

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Food Serving Sizes

Diabetes: The Truth About Food Serving Sizes Confused about how much you can eat when you have diabetes? First, you need to know how much food is in a serving. It may be different from what yo

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Hamilton

Hamilton: 7 Great Things We Got From The Movie That The Soundtrack Couldn’t Show Us SARAH EL-MAHMOUD July 9, 2020 The hot ticket over 4th of July weekend was (you guessed it) a Disney+

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Kendrick Scott

Growing up in Houston, Texas listening to genres as diverse as gospel, R&B, and classical, Kendrick Scott’s odyssey began at the age of eight when his parents gifted him a drum kit. 

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  • July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Tivon Pennicott

A native of Marietta, Georgia, Tivon Pennicott began playing tenor sax in high school, and by his early 20s had worked with legendary jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell and performed at famous venues l

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 27, 2020November 5, 2025

Garden and Gun? Dolester Miles

Garden and Gun? Me? Yes! I never thought I’d subscribe to a magazine called “Garden and Gun†but I do. I grew up with guns and donâ€&tra

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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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