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  • Kintsugi
  • February 8, 2021November 5, 2025

Honor and Learn This Black History Month

By Adrienne Gaffney Jan. 30, 2021 It’s not an understatement to describe the events of the past year as historic, and particularly for Black Americans. The nation elected it

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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
  • May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

BY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN  MAY 22, 2020 from Time.com Nowadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the Civil War.

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NY Times

  • A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain.
  • The Slum in Gangnam, the Richest Part of Seoul
  • No Kings Protests Held Across the U.S.: Photos and Videos
  • A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around
  • Record Number of T.S.A. Employees Called Out on Friday

NPR

  • Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
  • Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy
  • Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
  • The oldest known recording of a whale song reveals how oceans have changed
  • This week's Short Wave news roundup

The Progressive

  • Music, Violence, and the Ritual That AI Cannot Replace
  • The World Cup Needs an ICE Truce
  • Israel Can’t Bomb Its Way to Peace
  • Americans Are United Against Trump’s War
  • Our digital lives have hidden costs

FactCheck.org

  • Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
  • Q&A on the SAVE America Act
  • EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’
  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.

Snopes.com

  • Did Ted Lieu claim Epstein paid Pam Bondi's college, law school tuition?
  • Did US Army raise maximum enlistment age to 42? Here's the full story
  • 16 rumors about mail-in ballots we've inspected
  • Did Iranian media release animated 'Lord of the Straits' video? We investigated
  • Video shows LA residents chasing away ICE agents?

Tradeoffs

  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom
  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care

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