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Kintsugi’s reading pile Patricia Briggs, Wild Sign (Alpha and Omega series) Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series) Talia Hibbert, Act Your Age, Eve Brown ( Brown Sisters series) Dana Stabenow, Spoils of the Dead (Liam Campbell series) Barbara Hambly, The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January series) Les Payne, The Dead are…

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By DAN GOLDBERG 05/25/2020 Commander Daniel W. Armstrong, a tall, handsome, aristocratic-looking man with an upright gait and an immaculate uniform, looked the 16 black men over. He was the white officer in charge of the black camp, a man whose willingness to work with African American enlistees earned praise from the higher-ups in Washington. “Do you…

Read More The Golden Thirteen: The Forgotten Story of How 13 Black Men Broke the Navy’s Toughest Color Barrier

By Precious Fondren For most of her life, Debra Willett had a vague idea about who her grandfather was. She knew he had fought in France in World War I at some point. But she didn’t grasp the importance of what her grandfather, who died in 1956, had accomplished until she began doing some genealogy research…

Read More Honoring the Forgotten Harlem Hellfighters: An Exceptional Unit of Black Soldiers

Military.com | By Bethanne Kelly Patrick The opportunity for African-Americans to enlist and serve in the Marine Corps came in 1942 as the Corps began to recruit qualified African-American men. The men who enlisted in response completed recruit training at Montford Point, North Carolina during a time and place where racism and segregation were a part of everyday…

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big apple crumb cake SERVINGS: 12 TO 16  TIME: 30 MINUTES PREP, 1 HOUR BAKING  SOURCE: SMITTEN KITCHEN Cakes with fresh chunks of fruit taste good on the first day and fantastic on the second day, when everything has a chance to settle. In this case, the topping adheres better on the second day. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t…

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Sarah K. Burris and Raw Story October 25, 2021 A slate of Republican members of Congress is being outed by those who attended planning meetings for the protest that resulted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a new report in Rolling Stone. Two sources, according to their story, revealed that Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ),…

Read More Pro-Trump activists reveal Republican elected officials who participated in planning of Jan. 6 rallies: report

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Join the movement and…

Read More The Countdown to the World’s Biggest Day of Generosity is On – November 30, 2021

Dear Supporters,       The holidays are fast approaching…and we are in need of holiday food for our families! Canned Hams/Canned Meat                                             Cranberry Sauce/Canned Fruit/Oranges/Apples                       …

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My shrimp and grits isn’t so much a recipe as it is a way of cooking something delicious. Start the grits. I like to use stone-ground or old-fashioned grits. I use 1 cup of liquid for every 1/4 cup of dry grits. I also substitute half of the water with whole milk and add 1/2…

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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 the reaction to his newest comedy special, The Closer, which recently dropped on Netflix and has been skewered for its transphobic and homophobic humor. Read…

Read More All the Fallout From Dave Chappelle’s Controversial New Special

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 America News Network — which is so far-right that it makes Fox News look like Bernie Sanders — and the largest telecommunications company in the world has been behind it. …

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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 whole milk2 eggs1 1/2 cups flour1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda1 heaping cup brown sugar, divided in half3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped (I use Honeycrisp or Pink Lady,…

Read More Moist Apple Fritter Bread Recipe

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 and learned to hold my Black Girl head up high. But, last year, I realized my beauty routine wasn’t reflecting that at all. After industry backlash and…

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