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Tag: BLM

  • Prof Patty
  • November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Black Lives Matter? Really? To You?

How can you show your support for treating black folks equally without marching or demonstrating? According to The Strategist, “You can donate money to a local, grassroots organiza

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

Uncle Ben’s Rebrands as Ben’s Original

By Mike Pomranz  September 23, 2020 In 2020, as the Black Lives Matter movement grew in prominence, America also further reckoned with brands considered to be culturally in

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

America’s Most Racist Town

Man held up a Black Lives Matter sign in ‘America’s Most Racist Town’ and shared how it went This is full of profanity and ugliness but is familiar to many, many black and brown folks.

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Dance Theater of Harlem

https://youtu.be/dtVQ08XRadA?si=7k-SC2BwPHs9JDoq

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  • Stocks Erase Post-Midterm Elections Rally, Dragged Down by Tech
  • How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call
  • DOJ Steps Up Leak Investigation on Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

Samara Joy

https://youtu.be/6ul2RA6UgAo?si=RFNu0zq_jZ85OX-X

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  • Oyster stocks have plunged in the Chesapeake. This resident wants to bring them back
  • This week in science: mysterious X-rays, movement and learning, and memory formation
  • Even birds get jet lagged, study shows
  • When an invasive fish is also tasty, Maryland schoolkids can help 'eat the problem'
  • How AI is transforming hurricane forecasts

Sneak Peak

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  • We Need More Mentor Teachers of Color
  • GOP Targets Unhoused People; Local Governments Problem Solve
  • On the House
  • Rejecting Trump’s Administrative War
  • Give Health Care Workers a Break

Jon Batiste

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  • The 2026 FactCheck Awards
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  • In Kansas, Both Sides Twist the Facts in Accusations of Protecting Pedophiles
  • Talarico Ad Omits Details of Crystal Mason’s Illegal Voting Case
  • Explaining the Case of the Two Dan Sullivans on Alaska’s Ballot

Club Shay Shay

https://youtu.be/74xymNcdZ3E?si=XNWvHwje2grkerRi

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  • Does photo show Trump being carried by Secret Service agents after fainting over GOP midterm losses?
  • Did France light Eiffel Tower blue to celebrate Democrats' midterm wins?
  • Washington voters approved measure that could force girls in sports to undergo genital inspections
  • Is Trump admin planning nuclear strike on Iran in wake of midterms? What we know
  • Is this photo of Bob Dylan meeting Pope Leo XIV real?

Billy Porter and India.Irie

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RSS feed: Tradeoffs Tradeoffs

  • How Democrats’ Big Win Could Reshape Health Care
  • States Race to Get the Word Out About New Medicaid Work Requirements
  • Medicare Plans Keep Disappearing
  • Reimagining the Future of Health Research After Sweeping Cuts
  • Hidden Help: What Happened When Oregon Forced Hospitals to Boost Financial Aid?

Marcus D Wiley

https://youtu.be/DG5oMI6ZtNY?si=F5HGxDDbqjYNNUAE

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