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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • 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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  • Prof Patty
  • 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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  • Prof Patty
  • June 27, 2021

6 Historically Black Beaches to Visit This Season

By Donna Torrence June 11, 2021 Bruce’s Beach, Manhattan Beach, California [A California city took a beach property from a Black family 100 years ago. Now, it may be returned to th

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 27, 2021June 27, 2021

Watch a Never-Before-Aired James Baldwin Interview From 1979

Buried by ABC at the time, the segment reveals a unique glimpse into Baldwin’s private life—as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was i

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Looking for Interesting Reading?

Want to learn more about African-American history? Think you know a lot and want to fill in some gaps? Need something to back up your wolf tickets at the barbershop? Here are some resources to help

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021November 5, 2025

Sugar by Any Other Name: Hidden in Plain Sight

We tend to think that added sugar is mainly found in desserts like cookies and cakes, but it’s also found in many savory foods, such as bread and pasta sauce. And some

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Why Doctors Still Struggle to Detect Skin Cancer in Black People

By Daniela Morosini  SWELLNESS  JUNE 11, 2021 Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and worldwide, and it’s only becoming more so. The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates th

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Whipping Cream Cake: The Vintage Dessert the Internet Can’t Stop Baking

Meghan Overdeep June 7, 2021 The original Whipping Cream Cake recipe is as follows: 1 cup butter 3 cups sugar 6 eggs 3 cups flour 1 carton (1/2 pint) whipping cream 2 tsp vanilla Leave butter to so

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

How to Clean Your Oven with a Dishwasher Tablet

Have you been baking delicious pies and cobblers that drip over and burn? Do you need to clean those baked-on spills before you set the smoke alarm off again? Is it too hot to use the self-cleaning

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Juneteenth

The history behind Juneteenth you might not have known Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. In 1865, there were an estimated 2

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Chocolate Cobbler

Also known as chocolate pudding cake, chocolate cobbler is two desserts in one: a layer of tender cake mixed up with warm, pudding-like fudge. It’s also made with basic pantry staples,

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 15, 2021

Grilled peaches and figs with mascarpone cheese

Split the figs and peaches in half vertically. Peel the peaches and remove the pit. Mix twice as much honey as olive oil, or even 3:1. You only need a little for each piece of fruit. Heat the honey

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Taming the world’s leading killer: high blood pressure

Dr. Tom Frieden June 1, 2021 Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Obama administration, when he oversaw responses to the H1N1 influenza, Ebola a

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  • Prof Patty
  • June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Hurricane Season is Here – June 1 to November 30

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts 13-20 named storms, 6-10 hurricanes and 3-5 major hurricanes to form this season. An average hurricane season produces 14 name

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NY Times

  • JPMorgan Again Entangled in a Soccer Fiasco
  • ‘A War Zone’: Spokane Wildfires Leave a Devastating Trail of Destruction
  • Late Night Reacts to Trump’s Latest Iran Deal Comments
  • What Do Dictators Fear Most? Just Ask Nicaragua.
  • New Zealand Has Ended Greyhound Racing. Now It Has to Manage the Aftermath.
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NPR

  • Photos: Wildfires in Spokane lead to thousands of evacuations
  • What would it take to get peptides on the shelf?
  • Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
  • Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
  • After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
https://youtu.be/EAys2d29EXo?si=91f17xP95m4KfIls

The Progressive

  • Editor’s Note: Smoking Mirrors
  • Youth-Led Homs Film Society Looks to Rebuild a Divided Syria
  • Anti-Hunger Groups in Connecticut Champion Long-Term Solutions
  • The Urgent Water Crisis in Gaza
  • How ‘The Odyssey’ Was Lost In Translation
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FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo
  • Paul Distorts Fauci’s Diary Entry About COVID-19 and Wet Market
  • Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement
  • One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines
  • Trump’s Numbers, July 2026 Update
https://youtu.be/lw037FQ39dg?si=BB5YmOTjtcgXNBjK

Snopes.com

  • CDC didn't say COVID-19 vaccines are 'largest carcinogenic exposure in history'
  • Katie Miller, who called for Fauci's imprisonment, got medical advice from him in 2020
  • Are AI companies scanning and destroying millions of books, including rare titles?
  • Jeanne Gibson, one of many Rosie the Riveters, died at 100
  • 9 Medicare claims we've examined
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Tradeoffs

  • Meet the Man Launching Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements Months Early
  • A Wyoming Doctor’s Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Her Deep Red State
  • Call to Mind: Immigration and the Challenge to Belong
  • As Drama at Trump's FDA Subsides, Doubts and Damage Linger
  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
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