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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Do You Know Your History?

Did you know that… Claudette Colvin came before Rosa Parks, and she was only 15 years old? Read more HERE. Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone? Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigran

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021November 5, 2025

13 Things Most Likely to Get You Flagged by the TSA

Lindsay Tigar Red Flag #2: Traveling with coffee (beans or ground) Red Flag #3: Not taking all liquids out of your bag Red Flag #8: Carrying a lot of cash If you are planning to fly anywhere, read

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

Blue-Green Algae Found in Ponds Can Be Fatal to Dogs

Here’s how to spot it and keep your pup safe. By Dan Nosowitz Updated July 01, 2021 Letting your family pets cool off in water seems like a harmless and fun warm-weather activity,

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

The Best Lipsticks for Older Women—Or Anyone Looking for Less Feathering and More Flattering Color

By Patricia Shannon July 02, 2021 We’ve got a list of demands a mile long when it comes to what we’re looking for in a good lipstick. We need all the long-wear color, but we want zero fe

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  • July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

Ken Starr and Jeffrey Epstein in the News

In Perversion of Justice the Miami Herald reporter Julie K Brown writes about Starr’s role in securing the secret 2008 sweetheart deal that granted Epstein effective immunity from feder

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  • July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

The Most Complicated Word in English is Only Three Letters Long

Brandon Specktor Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 Imagine you’re a dictionary editor. For eight hours a day, five days a week, every week until the heat death of the universe or the day human beings s

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2021

SIX BOOKS THAT HELPED ME THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT RACE AND THEOLOGY

BY JOSIAH R. DANIELS For our friends who may not be people of color or LGBTQ Race: A Theological Account. By J. Kameron Carter (Oxford University Press, 2008). “Race: A Theological Account&

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 26, 2021

How a decade of coronavirus research paved way for COVID-19 vaccines

FEB 26, 2021 Sara Berg, Senior News Writer, AMA The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines in under a year has raised concerns, which can lead to vaccine hesitancy. But AMA member Peter Hotez

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  • July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

HOW FAR WILL WHITE CHRISTIANS GO TO MAINTAIN POWER? AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT JONES

BY PETER LAARMAN  JULY 20, 2021 Robert P. Jones is CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the author of two books, including last year’s much-discusse

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  • July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Black-Owned Clean Beauty Brands

Kimberly New York Mischo Beauty Lys Beauty Nyakio Sunday II Sunday Key Soul Care 62 Black-owned Non-toxic Beauty Brands 27 Black-Owned Skincare Brands To Support Now And Forever 50+ Black-Owned Bea

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 12, 2021

We would like to invite you to a free video miniseries with the phenomenal Eckhart Tolle: Conscious Manifestation 2021: How to Create From A Place of Presence.

Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. With his international bestsellers The Power of Now and A New Ear

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  • July 12, 2021

5 Warning Signs of Lupus

Lupus, a chronic autoimmune ailment that affects 1.5 million Americans, is a bit of a shape-shifter. Most people with it (around 70 percent) have the systemic form of the disease, which can wreak h

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  • July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Why our schools aren’t doing justice to the complexities of Black history

If … one managed to change the curriculum in all the schools so that Negroes learned more about themselves and their real contributions to this culture, you would be liberating not only Negroes,

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 27, 2021

15 Work-From-Home Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree

by Kenneth Terrell, AARP, June 16, 2021 With more than 22 million people unemployed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, job losses over the past year have been widespread. But not a

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  • June 27, 2021

11 Things You Shouldn’t Keep in Your Glove Compartment

Jen McCaffery Updated: Jun. 18, 2021 You might think your glove compartment is the perfect place to keep essentials like your owner’s manual, insurance card, and garage door opener. But the

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