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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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NY Times

  • Oil Prices Jump While Stock Futures Inch Up
  • Tractor-Trailer and Light Post Damaged as Plane Lands at Newark Airport
  • Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder
  • ‘City of Glass’ Is Under Threat From Iran War
  • School Cellphone Ban Study Finds Mixed Results

NPR

  • Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
  • Timmy the stranded whale rescued after weekslong effort
  • Why PEPFAR's top scientist stepped down
  • Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline
  • Giving coffee a jolt could help assess its quality

The Progressive

  • In Chile, Latin America’s Latest Far-Right Leader Takes the Stage
  • Waking Up the Possums
  • Let’s Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
  • The Equity Docket: Black Americans’ Stolen Past
  • The Battle to Close Ridglan Farms

FactCheck.org

  • RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
  • Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment
  • Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
  • Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
  • The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety

Snopes.com

  • Declassified CIA document doesn't reveal cure for cancer. Here's what it actually says
  • Did photo of dog chasing bird off cliff inspire 'Looney Tunes' characters? Don't fall for claim
  • Watch out for these 17 fake Trump Truth Social posts
  • Is Trump demanding Zambia hand over mineral rights or lose access to lifesaving HIV/AIDS meds? What we know
  • House will consider resolution condemning Twitch streamer Hasan Piker for alleged antisemitism

Tradeoffs

  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • 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
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