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  • Prof Patty
  • October 25, 2021

All the Fallout From Dave Chappelle’s Controversial New Special

By Danielle Cohen Earlier this month, Dave Chappelle greeted a cheering crowd at the Hollywood Bowl, chuckling, “If this is what being canceled is about, I love it.” He was referring to th

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 25, 2021

How this Big Telecom company built Trump’s favorite propaganda network

Donald Trump’s favorite propaganda network peddles dangerous conspiracy theories and COVID misinformation, LGBTQ hate, election lies, and white supremacy. Fox News, right? Actually, it’s One Am

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

Moist Apple Fritter Bread Recipe

by 30Seconds Food (my version) Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 50 minutes to 1 hourServings: Makes 1 loaf Ingredients1 stick butter1/2 cup granulated sugar2 teaspoons vanilla paste1/2 cup

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 25, 2021

10 Worth-It Black-Owned Beauty Products to Upgrade Your Routine

All proven hits. All available on Sephora. (advertising from Sephora) By Cortne Bonilla@cortnebonilla Let me be completely honest here: I’ve chosen to love my deep chocolate brown skin tone

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

American Family Survey

From Deseret.com, news for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints On our mind today is the American Family Survey, an annual nationally representative study that looks at ho

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021

Dorothy Steel, 95-year-old actress who played tribal elder in ‘Black Panther,’ dies

October 15, 2021 at 1:11 pm EDT By WSBTV.com News Staff ATLANTA — A 95-year-old actress who appeared in Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther” has died. Dorothy Steel was 95. She died Friday

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021

Things That Can Affect Your Medication from WebMD

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021

National Novel Writing Month

Are you a writer? Would you like to be? Do you have unfinished work? Or haven’t even started? Go HERE for help with writing your first novel. NaNoWriMo starts in November.

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Who is Eckhart Tolle?

Who Is Eckhart Tolle? He is a German-Canadian spiritual teacher and self-help author best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Is this the secret to Popeye’s?

Tanya’s Louisiana Southern Fried Chicken It uses condensed milk and eggs (instead of buttermilk or sweet tea) and adds the seasonings to the milk/egg mixture rather than mixing them into the flou

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Targeted Blood Sugar Level With Diabetes May Help Prevent a 2nd Stroke

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) – For people with diabetes who have a stroke, there may be an ideal blood sugar target to

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Diana Taurasi Voted By Fans As WNBA’s Greatest Player of All Time

Official Release October 10, 2021 NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2021 – The WNBA announced today that Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi has been voted by fans as the league’s greatest of all ti

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely see

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Lucille Times, Who Inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dies at 100

By Clay Risen Published Aug. 22, 2021 Updated Sept. 1, 2021 Lucille Times, whose encounter with a bus driver in Montgomery, Ala., in June 1955 led her to begin a one-woman boyco

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

The United States’ First African-American Diplomat

On October 16, 1833, Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett was born near Litchfield, Connecticut to free black parents who held prominent roles in Connecticut’s free black community. Bassett’s father was

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NY Times

  • Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
  • How the Winklevoss Twins Won Big in Trump’s Pro-Crypto Washington
  • 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13.
  • Pelosi Long Resisted Stock-Trading Ban for Congress, Fueling Suspicion
  • At a Dark Moment, Jews in New York Celebrate the Festival of Lights

NPR

  • Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight
  • A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
  • Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
  • Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  • For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend

The Progressive

  • Crackdown on the Unhoused Violates U.N. Declaration, Activists Say
  • The Progressive’s Favorite Books of 2025
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  • Go Ahead, Be a Socialist
  • States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme

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