Josh Russell April 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (CN) — A District of Columbia judge on Friday granted a default judgment against the far-right Proud Boys after the group gave the cold shoulder to a historic Black church’s lawsuit over destruction of Black Lives Matter flags. Two days before hundreds of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the…
Read More Proud Boys Default in Historic Black Church’s Vandalism LawsuitA lesson plan from Dr. Gayle Olson-Raymer, “Manifest Destiny Moves into the Pacific ” @ gohistory [S]everal individuals had set their sights on the strategically located Hawaiian Islands (then called the Sandwich Islands). Manifest Destiny initially came to Hawaii not at the request of the United States government, but rather at the hands of private business entrepreneurs and missionaries. In the…
Read More What Do You Know About Imperialism and Manifest Destiny?(San Diego, CA, April 13, 2021) The United States Mint announced the names of the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the American Women Quarters Program. Famed writer Maya Angelou and acclaimed astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first distinguished American women celebrated on the reverse of the program’s circulating quarters.
Read More U.S. Mint Announces Quarters Honoring Maya Angelou, Sally RideAldous Pennyfarthing and Daily Kos May 16, 2021 The dude who hosted what may be the most infuriating photo op during the events of Jan. 6—the brandishing of a flagpole with an ugly racist hate symbol, a flag that never made it to the Capitol during the war of its origin—is facing both justice and a little R&R,…
Read More Insurrectionist who waved Confederate flag in Capitol allowed to take family road trip before trialAbdi Latif Dahir writes in the NY Times, ” A young climate activist, Vanessa Nakate, had just sat down for lunch at the gathering of the global elite in Davos, Switzerland, in January last year when she saw the photo that would catapult her to global fame — not for what it showed, but for what…
Read More ErasedTori Avey | February 22, 2013 2 squares (2 oz.) unsweetened baker’s chocolate 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/4 cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch of salt 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts or pecans Melt butter with the chocolate together in a heavy saucepan over medium-low, whisking constantly till blended.…
Read More Katharine Hepburn’s browniesRobin and Andréa McBride, owners of California’s McBride Sisters winery, are two Black sisters who are doing just that. The winery, founded in the early 2000s, is now one of the largest Black-owned wineries in the U.S. Despite not always being taken seriously and often being met with skepticism, the McBrides realized their hard-earned success.…
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Read More Apple Pie Recipes for Apple Pie Day (May 13)Do you like mysteries? Here are some Black female mystery writers you might find interesting. Alyssa Cole Megan Giddings Rachel Howzell Hall Eleanor Taylor Bland Paula L Woods Barbara Neely Grace F Edwards Valerie Wilson Wesley Nikki Baker (aka Jennifer Dowdell) Terris McMahan Grimes Nadine Matheson
Read More Some Authors to Read this SummerBy Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas May 15, 2021 at 9:38 p.m. EDT The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on last fall. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew — a woman missing since May. The ballot didn’t have Morphew’s signature as required, Mitchell said. But someone had signed on the “witness” line: The woman’s…
Read More Man charged with wife’s murder illegally cast her ballot for Trump, officials say: ‘I just thought, give him another vote’