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Tag: best books 2021

  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Best Books 2021 NY Times

Best Fiction and Non-Fiction Books of 2021 from the NY Times The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois By Honorée Fanonne Jeffers No One Is Talking About This By Patricia Lockwood When We Cease to Und

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2021

FictionBewilderment by Richard Powers (W.W. Norton)Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (One World)Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (Dut

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NY Times

  • NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory
  • SpaceX Finalizes IPO Price at $135 a Share in World’s Largest Public Offering
  • Late Night Prepares for Trump’s U.F.C. Birthday Fight at the White House
  • Tornadoes Are Reported as Storms Sweep the Midwest
  • ‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists
https://youtu.be/SmHrlKaOBYc?si=ddFrERkCsPwpL4hw

NPR

  • This week's Short Wave news roundup
  • Socioeconomic factors are becoming 'biologically embedded' in children's brains
  • From neon mosquitoes to winged migrations, top images captured by scientists
  • NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
  • Whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay. New ship alerts could help protect them
https://youtu.be/hI1UcHIxK1Y?si=QdV2nwcTpGhpUsOC

The Progressive

  • Fighting for Care
  • The Equity Docket: Fast-Tracking Exclusion
  • Don’t Ax Proven Ways to End Homelessness
  • ‘No One Should Be Left Behind’
  • Donald Trump and a Joyless World Cup
https://youtu.be/ryXsRRonhVc?si=61yPXXV3PS9VEBKv

FactCheck.org

  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
  • Trump’s Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
  • Trump Misrepresents Climate Change Scenarios
https://youtu.be/d5BWWQAQ-co?si=He4nHqhAZJodLpvT

Snopes.com

  • Criminals aren't using screws at gas pumps to scam customers, despite warnings
  • DOJ attorney said government could 'bulldoze' Statue of Liberty, but context is key
  • Did Gwyneth Paltrow star in commercial for luxury real estate in Israel?
  • Unverified FBI tip alleged Trump knew of and funded 'underage sex parties' at golf course
  • Image of Karmelo Anthony crying in court is fake. Here's how we know

Tradeoffs

  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?

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