Nancy Green, the ‘Real Aunt Jemima’ died on Aug. 30, 1923 John Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78 Deidre Davis Butler, Who Fought for Disability Rights, Dies at 64 Cliff Robinson, UConn Star Who Played 18 N.B.A. Seasons, Dies at 53 Nyameka Goniwe, 69, Dies; Sought Justice in Her Husband’s Killing Chadwick…
Read More Rest in PeaceCOVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Have Enough Evidence, Now It Is Time to Act BY JOSE-LUIS JIMENEZ AUGUST 25, 2020 7:00 AM EDT Jimenez is a Professor of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He is a highly cited researcher and a Fellow of…
Read More COVID-19 InfoI wanted to reduce my lemon cake recipe to make enough servings for the two of us, instead of the large bundt cake we were accustomed to. I asked my friend Marianne to give the challenge to her son Eli who homeschools her grandchildren Nina and Mat. Here is the result. Bravo! Dear (Wild Cooking…
Read More Lemon CakeToday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a federal eviction moratorium that protects renters from being evicted for nonpayment of rent during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To be protected, qualified renters facing eviction should immediately provide a signed declaration to their landlords. Please see the resources below from the National Low Income Housing Coalition with details on the moratorium,…
Read More National Eviction Moratorium Takes Effect TodayNational Museum of African American History and Culture to Honor March on Washington 37th Anniversary Via Free Online Films & IG Posts The resource webpage is available at nmaahc.si.edu/marchonwashington.
Read More March on Washington 37th AnniversaryA shadow of hunger looms over the United States. In the pandemic economy, nearly one in eight households doesn’t have enough to eat. The lockdown, with its epic lines at food banks, has revealed what was hidden in plain sight: that the struggle to make food last long enough, and to get food that’s healthful —…
Read More Food InsecurityBy Margaret Sullivan Media columnist August 29, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Daniel Dale met President Trump’s convention speech with a tirade of truth Thursday night — a tour de force of fact-checking that left CNN anchor Anderson Cooper looking slightly stunned. The cable network’s resident fact-checker motored through at least 21 falsehoods and misstatements he had found…
Read More Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential. It’s also increasingly fruitless.Aaron Coleman committed revenge porn at age 12. Now he’s 19, and wants a second chance. Nineteen-year-old Aaron Coleman is a dishwasher and soon, possibly, a left-wing state legislator. He just won an underdog primary campaign in Kansas, campaigning on issues like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, and unseated a seven-term, anti-abortion…
Read More The Progressive New Face of ‘Boys Will Be Boys’My Favorite Summer Alcoholic Drink I know that my friends are shocked to see that I have a favorite drink, given that my alcohol consumption is very, very low. However, on those few occasions when I do indulge, I enjoy a mojito. This Cuban drink is made from white rum, lime juice, soda water, sugar,…
Read More Watermelon MojitoKim Owens (born July 23, 1969), better known by his stage name Kem is an American R&B/Soul singer–songwriter, and producer. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, KEM was raised in Detroit, Michigan.
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