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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

  • Late Night Takes Sides in the President vs. the Pope
  • New Rules Hinder Foreign Firms From Moving Supply Chains From China
  • Canada Special Elections 2026 Results: Carney’s Liberal Party Gains Majority
  • Is It Too Much to Ask to Care About Sudan?
  • Netflix Leader Makes Rare Overture to Cinema Owners

NPR

  • What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart
  • The real space science behind 'Project Hail Mary'
  • After a whirlwind mission to the moon, astronauts are back home. Here's what's next
  • WATCH: Artemis II astronauts splash down on Earth
  • After more than 9 days in flight, NASA's Artemis II is set to return to Earth

The Progressive

  • The Battle for Argentina’s Memory
  • Trump’s Disastrous War of Choice in Iran
  • ‘We Know What It Takes to Get People to Stay Alive’
  • How Genocide Reshaped a Generation in Gaza
  • Israel Targets Civilians as Lebanon Operations Expand

FactCheck.org

  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
  • The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’
  • Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers
  • FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran
  • Happy International Fact-Checking Day

Snopes.com

  • Look out for fake image of Melania Trump partying with Epstein
  • Report claims Pentagon threatened the Vatican with military power. US officials deny it
  • Collage features fake images of Melania Trump and Epstein. Here's proof
  • Did Amanda Ungaro threats prompt Melania Trump's Epstein statement? What we know
  • Did Trump post, delete AI image depicting himself in likeness of Jesus?

Tradeoffs

  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom
  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses

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