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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

  • What Kristi Noem Should Do After President Trump Fired Her
  • Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’
  • Ex-Executive at Blood Filter Start-Up Is Charged With Covering Up Deaths
  • Steve Daines’s Switcheroo Starts New Fight in Montana Senate Race
  • House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump’s War Powers in Iran

NPR

  • This week in science: Prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the PNW, and teens' sleep
  • Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths
  • Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)
  • President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
  • Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons

The Progressive

  • How Billionaires Worsen Affordability Crisis
  • ‘We Became the Easiest Target’: UNRWA Layoffs and Salary Cuts
  • When Gaza’s Borders ‘Open,’ Israeli Control Simply Changes Shape
  • Resisting the Data Center Boom
  • How Trump Is Imperiling Federal Housing Subsidies

FactCheck.org

  • Biden Makes Flawed Comparisons with Trump
  • FactChecking Claims in Casey Means’ Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
  • Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
  • Legality of Latest Iran Attack in Question
  • FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union Address

Snopes.com

  • Image of Iranians mourning schoolgirls killed by airstrikes is fake. Here's the proof
  • Sen. Thom Tillis didn't ask Kristi Noem about salacious text from Corey Lewandowski
  • Did Iranians burn Baal statues at rallies? What we know
  • 12 rumors about Epstein's death we've examined
  • Why 'pizza' mentions in Epstein files don't prove 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory

Tradeoffs

  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped

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