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Acclaimed novelist, essayist, and poet Margaret Atwood was awarded the 2022 Hitchens Prize. Her full remarks from the Prize ceremony can be read on The Atlantic’s website. By Margaret Atwood Having feelings was not a thing back then. We would not have admitted to owning such marshmallow-like appendages, and if we did have any feelings, we’d have considered them irrelevant as…

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By Serena Williams I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia. Yet I consider myself fortunate. While I had a pretty easy pregnancy, my daughter was born by emergency C-section after her heart rate dropped dramatically during contractions. The surgery went smoothly. Before I knew it, Olympia was in my arms. It was the…

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A Sunlit Weapon: A Novel (Maisie Dobbs, 17) by Jacqueline Winspear The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3 (The Dragon Heart Legacy, 3) by Nora Roberts Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel…

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Brierley Horton, M.S., RD and Lauren Wicks Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD 5 of the Healthiest Fish to Eat Atlantic Mackerel Salmon, Wild-Caught (including canned) Sardines, Wild-Caught (including canned) Rainbow Trout (and some types of Lake) Herring Read HERE for the rest of the list. Go HERE or HERE for additional information. [Question: Where’s the seafood I like to eat? Tuna, Catfish, Cod,…

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Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Chitlin’ Circuit of African-American vaudeville. Mabley later recorded comedy albums and appeared in films and on television programs including The…

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In the latest issue of Orion magazine, Lacy M. Johnson writes: When the next freeze or fire or pandemic or hurricane hits us, vulnerability will determine who gets to live, and who will die, and how. The disaster won’t be the weather, but the shape of the wound structural violence has already made. For better or worse, St. Patrick’s…

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I found some in my pantry and didn’t know if I could eat them or throw them away. Here is what I learned. According to  Sarra Sedghi, writing for allrecipes.com, “Sprouted potatoes do have the potential to be toxic because of a chemical called solanine. Potatoes and other nightshades, such as eggplant, tomatoes, and peppers,…

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By Shawn Donnan, Ann Choi, Hannah Levitt, and Christopher Cannon March 11, 2022 Nationwide, only 47% of Black homeowners who completed a refinance application with Wells Fargo in 2020 were approved, compared with 72% of White homeowners, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of federal mortgage data. JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank by assets,…

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American Women: A guide to Women’s History Resources at the Library of Congress

A major new online research guide highlights hundreds of sources that tell the stories of women through a wide variety of perspectives and media in the Library of Congress collections. The guide’s comprehensive coverage includes historic and contemporary audio and video files, posters, photographs, magazines, sheet music, maps, manuscripts, and rare books, as well as…

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