By Susan Cornwell October 6, 2021 6:17 AM EDT To “filibuster” means to delay action on a bill or other issue by talking. The Senate filibuster first captured the American imagination in Frank Capra’s 1939 movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” when Jimmy Stewart’s character spoke for more than a day, and more recently in 2013 when…
Read More What is the U.S. Senate filibuster and why is everyone talking about it?Emma Phelps October 04, 2021 & CAROLINE PICARD AND AMANDA GARRITY May 18, 2020 Step 1: identify what kind of pests you have. Step 2: Choose the right solution for the kind of pest you have. You may have more than one pest. I had fruit flies and fungus gnats. Step 3: Decide if you want to use a DIY remedy…
Read More How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies and Other PestsStarted with a hashtag, now we here. Blay, who’s a writer and cultural critic extraordinaire, first used #carefreeblackgirl back in 2013. Now, for her debut book, she’s going deep on the subject and grappling with what it’s like to be online and offline, seen and unseen, as a Black woman in today’s culture. She blends…
Read More “Carefree Black Girls” by Zeba BlayThis is the ultimate Nashville Hot Chicken Recipe!! Spicy and crispy golden brown fried chicken gets an extra coating of hot spiced glaze taking it over the top. This tastes just as delicious as the Best Hot chicken in Nashville! Serve with Collard Greens or Mustard Greens and Baked Mac and Cheese for the best Nashville meal ever!
Read More Nashville Hot ChickenBy COLLEEN SLEVIN October 27, 2021 DENVER (AP) — The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the…
Read More United States issues its 1st passport with ‘X’ gender markerBY KRISSY GASBARRE OCTOBER 25, 2021 A massive food poisoning outbreak led to a traceback investigation, which discovered a recent nationwide Salmonella outbreak originated with onions that had been sourced from Mexico. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published information that reveals 652 people have gotten sick and 202 hospitalized, with cases reported in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas,…
Read More Onions From These Popular Brands Are Being Recalled After 200 People Were HospitalizedIt’s time to set the record straight. By Kimberly Holland October 11, 2021 In a 2016 story titled “I Just Found Out Canned Pumpkin Isn’t Pumpkin At All, And My Whole Life is Basically a Lie,” a writer with our sister publication MyRecipes spelled out how she believed canned pumpkin was actually squash, not pumpkin. The story,…
Read More Canned Pumpkin Actually Is Pumpkin, but Not the Kind You CarveThis Chile Colorado recipe combines tender pieces of beef with a rich and flavorful red chile sauce. Serve with rice for an authentic Mexican dinner! Prep Time:15 mins Cook Time:1 hr 35 mins Author: Isabel Eats Ingredients For the red chile sauce 8 dried Guajillo chiles, stems removed and seeded 2 dried Ancho chiles, stems removed and seeded 1 dried Arbol chile, stem removed and seeded…
Read More Authentic Chile Colorado (the best)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…
Read More Who & What Am I Reading Now?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