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  • Prof Patty
  • November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

How hard is it to make pancakes? Not very.

I’ve been looking at cookbooks and articles about making pancakes. Everyone seems to treat it as though it is some kind of rocket science, unobtainable to regular folks without detailed, involved

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 11, 2020

What does being a man mean?

What Makes a Man a Man? What Makes a Man Manly? Trump and Biden Offer Competing Answers What makes a man? Across generations, photographers have provided eclectic answers What Does It Mean to Be a

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 8, 2020

What You Really Need to Know About Urinary Tract Infections

I know, I know, this is not nearly as interesting as politics. However, if you’ve ever had one of these maddening, itchy, burning infections, and don’t want another one, you might want to read

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 8, 2020November 8, 2020

Raising Mixed Kids

To be the Black mother of a child who appears white can raise all kinds of questions and comments from strangers. Even the “nice” comments are loaded with assumptions about beauty and belo

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 8, 2020

When Your Husband Retires and He’s Suddenly Around. All. The. Time.

Tips for protecting your space, while giving him a little of his own. By Beth Graham 1. The she-shed and the man cave; every woman needs a space of her own, not to have to lock herself in the

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

What Do You Know About White Extremist Groups?

Ever since I began looking more closely at news reports and some of my neighbors, I’ve been thinking a lot about white extremism. This election and demonstrations rooted in outrage at continued k

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

The ‘she-cession’: Why women are leaving the workforce

It’s time to end the myth that working mothers “opt out” of their careers to become stay-at-home moms, said Sarah Green Carmichael at Bloomberg. As the pandemic is making clear, “when

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Police took a Black toddler from his family’s SUV. Then, the union used his photo as ‘propaganda,’ attorneys say.

By Katie Shepherd Oct. 30, 2020 at 4:34 a.m. EDT On Thursday, the nation’s largest police union posted a photo to social media taken during the unrest in Philadelphia this week, where h

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Kamala Harris knows things no vice president has ever known

By Monica Hesse Oct. 30, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EDT In the week before the country potentially elects its first female vice president, I’ve been trying to write a sweeping essay about progress and t

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

The Only Letter That Is Never Silent

By Elizabeth Nelson The English language can be tough. Our alphabet contains 26 letters that can make many, many different words. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary comes out with new words each year.

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020

Harriet Powers

African-American folk artist Harriet Powers External, nationally recognized for her quilts, was born in rural Georgia on October 29, 1837. Using a traditional appliqué technique, Po

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

VMI votes to remove Stonewall Jackson statue amid racism accusations by Black cadets

By Ian Shapira Oct. 29, 2020 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors voted Thursday to remove the prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson as pres

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street burned. These artists have a new vision (audio).

October 29, 2020 By Jessica Mendoza Multimedia reporter; Samantha Laine Perfas Story Team Leader [This is one of a series of articles/podcasts in the Christian Science Monitor.]

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90

15 Sean Connery Movies to Stream

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

Zadie Smith

Read more about Zadie Smith’s essay HERE or buy the essay collection Feel Free (hopefully at an independent bookseller).

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NY Times

  • Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History
  • Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Bettina Anderson, a Palm Beach Socialite
  • Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
  • 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

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
  • Living in Dangerous Times
  • Go Ahead, Be a Socialist
  • States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme

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FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Trump’s Economic Speech
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Snopes.com

  • 'Absolute horror': What Rob Reiner said about Charlie Kirk's death
  • Trump Truth Social post about talking to Jesus is fake
  • Don't believe rumor Barron Trump shut down Ilhan Omar on MSNBC
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