I loved “The West Wing” as much as an almost-non-TV person could love anything on that amazingly difficult medium. I liked it for its snappy writing, the multiple storylines, the characters. I actually used to put a reminder on my calendar to watch because I’ve never been able to remember when anything comes on or…
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Read More Build a WordPress WebsiteOctober 12 is Columbus Day for some, Indigenous People’s Day for others. Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion. The next day, the ninety crew members of Columbus’ three-ship fleet ventured onto the Bahamian island that he named San Salvador (now…
Read More Which Version of History Were You Taught?Connecticut is one of the most segregated places in the country. Despite widespread protests over racial inequities, Gov. Ned Lamont and other leaders are resisting calls to address the state’s affordable housing crisis. This article was produced in partnership with the Connecticut Mirror, which was a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network in 2019. by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The…
Read More One of America’s Wealthiest States Might Pass Up an Opportunity to Tackle Housing SegregationBy C. Dixon (from The Autism Site) Reginald “Neli” Latson is a young black man on the autism spectrum whose life changed forever after a stranger called the police on him when he was 18. This incident occurred in 2010. In the 10 years that have passed, Latson has still not achieved total freedom. His mental…
Read More Deemed “Suspicious” For Sitting Outside A Library, Autistic Black Teen Has Been In And Out Of Jail SinceOctober 5 marks the 102nd birthday of one of jazz’s most overlooked pioneers: the late great bassist Jimmie Blanton. Though his professional recording career was cut short by his untimely passing, Blanton’s two-year stretch fundamentally changed how the bass is played in jazz. Listen to playlist HERE.
Read More Jimmie BlantonBy ELIZA FAWCETT HARTFORD COURANT |OCT 14, 2020 AT 10:28 AM In the eyes of President Donald Trump and some Republicans, electing the Democrats in 2020 would lead to a clear and frightening outcome: tranquil suburbs in Connecticut and elsewhere would be overrun by crime, violent protests, and social decay. “Donald Trump’s appeal to European-American suburban women voters is intended…
Read More Unrest in Avon? Trump’s message of law and order, loaded with racist undertones, takes aim at safety and security in Connecticut suburbsEmily Peck Senior Reporter, HuffPost October 10, 2020 Devon Kitzo-Creed, a 28-year-old African American woman, always planned on leaving the United States to live abroad. Definitely before she had children, but probably not until she was in her 30s. 2020 pushed up her timeline. Now she and her husband, who live in Wilmington, Delaware, are planning on relocating to Ecuador right after…
Read More Fed Up, These Black Americans Say It’s Time To Get Out Of The U.S.The Church’s Black Exodus Pastors’ silence on racism and COVID-19 is driving Black parishioners away from their congregations. DARA T. MATHIS OCTOBER 11, 2020 Across the country, Black Americans feel under siege from the coronavirus pandemic and raw from the police brutality fueling Black Lives Matter protests. But some are nursing another intimate wound: their church’s…
Read More For Pastors of White Churches with Black MembersBy Channon Hodge, CNN Updated 4:00 AM ET, Sun October 11, 2020 A new documentary, “Driving While Black,” digs deep to untangle a twisted reality. Black people continually face danger behind the wheel, and it’s rooted in history. The two-hour film, premiering October 13 on PBS, winds its way from slavery to Jim Crow to the advent…
Read More Filmmakers unearth a long trail of racism in ‘Driving While Black’Drink more water Eat slower Don’t drink your calories Eat more vegetables, less meat Have your burger without cheese Snack mindfully, on healthier foods (not chips) Don’t eat sweets or dessert every day AVOID MY RECIPES which use butter and sugar in copious amounts
Read More How to Cut Calories Almost PainlesslyWhen asked to reflect on their lives, the participants older than 40 felt that time elapsed slowly in their childhood but then accelerated steadily through their teenage years into early adulthood. There are good reasons why older people may feel that way. When it comes to how we perceive time, humans can estimate the length…
Read More Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up with Age?In late February, the Trump administration was publicly playing down the severity of the worsening coronavirus epidemic. But in private, White House officials had a different story — and that information was shared with top traders who made fortuitous bets against the market. Trump advisers conceded concerns about the coronavirus in private meetings with board members…
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