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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

The U.S. has billions of dollars in unclaimed property

Do you have unclaimed cash or property waiting for you? Approximately 1 in 10 people do!  Go HERE for state information, and HERE for federal information.

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

How To Manage Diabetes Costs

Hunt for cheaper medication and supplies. Go to Goodrx.com and read their guide to saving money on insulin. Eat like you have some sense. Instead of expensive, out of season strawberries,

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

Do You Like Mushrooms?

When I buy mushrooms and can’t eat them all at once, sometimes they start getting slimy before I can use them. What to do? First, be sure that the ones you get are not slimy but really fresh. How

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Sugar-Crusted Apple Cobbler

From King Arthur Baking Company (with my changes) PREP 20 mins; BAKE 35 to 40 mins; TOTAL 2 hrs 10 mins; YIELD one 8″ square or 9″ round cobbler Ingredients 4 medium-to-large baking app

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month Starts Today

Today (9/15/20) marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month and with less than two months until Election Day, attention is on Latino voters. One study found that Latinos will be the larges

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

A Maryland suburb known for a slaveholding past confronts its racist present

By Ovetta Wiggins September 15, 2020 at 3:37 p.m. EDT Two years before George Floyd’s killing forced a reckoning with American racism, Jordan Keemer was in his high school government cl

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

Senior Trump Aide Goes On Deranged Rant (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Michael R. Caputo, the top spokesman of the Department of Health and Human Services, will take a leave of absence “to focus on his health and the well-being of his family,” the departme

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Stanley Crouch, Critic Who Saw American Democracy in Jazz, Dies at 74

Stanley Crouch, the fiercely iconoclastic social critic who elevated the invention of jazz into a metaphor for the indelible contributions that Black people have made to American democracy, died on

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

Cook’s Country Gets a New Editor, Toni Tipton-Martin

By Kim Severson Sept. 15, 2020 Toni Tipton-Martin, the longtime food editor and writer whose books “The Jemima Code” and “Jubilee” redefined the story of Black cooks in America, w

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Barbados a Republic?

LONDON — The Caribbean island nation of Barbados announced this week that it is time to remove Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become a republic. Barbados, a former colony of Bri

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

An Exclusive Talk with Violinist Regina Carter Discussing Her Latest Album Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground

TUNE IN: Tuesday, September 22nd @ 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. ETJazz Standard‘s Facebook Live Regina Carter is a lot of things: She’s a pioneering jazz violinist. She’s a MacArthu

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Happy Constitution Day!

Constitution Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed on September 17, t

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020

College Board Creates Advanced Placement Curriculum on African Diaspora for High School Students

BY GOODBLACKNEWS ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 (Photo of high school students by AP/Jaime Henry-White via Creative Commons) Years in the making, the influential College Board is launching an ambi

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Trump Revelations

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka let her masks do the talking.

By Ava Wallace September 12, 2020 at 7:45 p.m. EDT The newly minted 2020 U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka wore seven different masks for her seven matches this year in New York, each spor

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NY Times

  • Canadian Tourist Is Killed in Shooting at Mexico’s Pyramids
  • Japan to Sell More Weapons Abroad, Breaking With Postwar Pacifism
  • Blue Origin’s Failure May Hamstring NASA’s Moon Plans
  • Democrat Betty Yee Leaves the California Governor’s Race
  • Trump and Iran Face Off in Iran War Negotiations

NPR

  • A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action
  • The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
  • Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
  • How a Japanese poet's diary helps scientists reconstruct solar cycles
  • This week in science: Small talk, more human lobster killing, and an ancient flood

The Progressive

  • On Chicago’s Trains, Homeless Outreach Workers Meet People Where They Are
  • Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza
  • Climate Education Makes Economic Sense
  • ICE Agents Hide Behind Masks; Jesse Jackson Remembered As Determined Leader
  • What’s Behind the Push to Make Schools Adopt the Science of Reading?

FactCheck.org

  • What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
  • Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
  • An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
  • The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’

Snopes.com

  • Kash Patel faces claims of excessive drinking, absences. Here's what we know
  • Did Trump cancel $11M grant to Catholic charity to 'punish' Pope Leo XIV? What we know
  • Inspecting photos allegedly showing 'dismal' meals on US military ships in Middle East
  • Bill Gates has nothing to do with 'Brain Honey' or any other fake Alzheimer's cure
  • Did Ted Lieu expose Stephen Miller funneling $6.2B through Cayman Islands?

Tradeoffs

  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom

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