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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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  • Prof Patty
  • 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

  • Here’s What the New Virginia House Map Looks Like
  • Here’s Where the National Fight Over Gerrymandered Maps Stands
  • With $116 Million Gift, National Gallery Will Send Its Art Around Nation
  • Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law
  • Serial Rapist Pleads Guilty to 2 Murders After Chewed Gum Links DNA to Crimes

NPR

  • Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
  • A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action
  • The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
  • Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
  • How a Japanese poet's diary helps scientists reconstruct solar cycles

The Progressive

  • No Place Like Home
  • Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No Accident
  • Community Solar Puts People in Charge
  • On Chicago’s Trains, Homeless Outreach Workers Meet People Where They Are
  • Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza

FactCheck.org

  • We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
  • What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
  • Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
  • An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut

Snopes.com

  • Is John Thune 'no longer considering' SAVE America Act in Senate, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed?
  • Image claiming to show Trump's intact ear after assassination attempt is fake. Here's proof
  • Photo shows Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon
  • Unpacking WSJ report claiming aides kept Trump out of Situation Room during rescue of two US airmen in Iran
  • State Department reportedly sent $1.25B to Trump's Board of Peace. Officials stay mum

Tradeoffs

  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom

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