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  • Prof Patty
  • February 21, 2021

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Home Security System: Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. Her patent also laid the groundwork for the modern closed-circuit television system that is wi

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street burned. These artists have a new vision (audio).

October 29, 2020 By Jessica Mendoza Multimedia reporter; Samantha Laine Perfas Story Team Leader [This is one of a series of articles/podcasts in the Christian Science Monitor.]

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020

How the U.S. Navy’s First Black Officers (The Golden Thirteen) Helped Reshape the American Military

BY DAN C. GOLDBERG  MAY 19, 2020 3:00 PM A black man had graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877 and the Army had its first black general in 1940. But when

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 7, 2020

March on Washington 37th Anniversary

National 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/marcho

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  • Prof Patty
  • April 30, 2020November 5, 2025

Women’s History / American History

Read more about women’s history here. Do You Know Claudete Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald and Mary Louise Smith? Read more about these true pioneers here. Colvin’s

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NY Times

  • SiriusXM Said to Be in Early Talks to Acquire iHeartMedia
  • Gambling Companies Celebrate Indictments as Pressure Grows
  • Rubio’s Absence From Iran Talks Highlights Stay-at-Home Role
  • Camp Mystic May Not Receive License to Reopen After Fatal Flood in Texas
  • 31 Sloths Acquired by an Orlando Animal Attraction Died, Officials Say

NPR

  • A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous
  • 'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?
  • In cities, wild things are hiding everywhere — if you put on your 'nature eyes'
  • AI's a suck up. Research shows how it flatters and suggests we're not to blame
  • Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully

The Progressive

  • Who’s Thinking of the Children, Since Trump Isn’t?
  • At This Minnesota Prison, A New Housing Experiment Transformed Life Inside
  • This Arbor Day, Let’s Move Past the Myths
  • Trump’s Vision for the Homeless Is Already Here
  • West Bank Children Forced from Classrooms As Israel Weaponizes Tax Revenue

FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Numbers, April 2026 Update
  • We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
  • 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

Snopes.com

  • Is Nicki Minaj the only 'Trump gold card' visa recipient so far?
  • Did Trump fall asleep during meeting? Separating satire from real footage
  • Real photo shows female athletes standing behind men with Trump
  • Did Trump stop executions of 8 women in Iran? What we know
  • RFK Jr. shared erroneous drug price math attributed to Trump

Tradeoffs

  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • 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
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