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  • Kintsugi
  • December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

Garden & Gun’s Favorite Cookbooks of 2021

Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking, by Cheryl Day Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day, by Rodney Scott and Lolis Eric Elie ** Just a Few Miles South, by Ouita Michel

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  • 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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  • Kintsugi
  • February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

These 5 books by Black women are must-reads this month – and any month

By Candace McDuffie, Correspondent, Christian Scientist Monitor Black feminist thought has become crucial to how we navigate the social, economic, and political currents in America. To un

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020

Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer

“The Black Count,” by Tom Reiss: The true story of General Alex Dumas, the son of a Black slave who inspired “The Count of Monte Cristo” and other swashbuckling tales written by h

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https://youtu.be/KxioR1Oufd0?si=NpkU1QFmdH91tHNy

NY Times

  • China’s Chip Champion to Raise Billions in Race for A.I. Control
  • China’s Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in Years
  • Late Night Calls Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat ‘an Inheritance Jackpot’
  • This Is a Forever War in the Making
  • Missing From Prince Harry’s UK Trip: A Reunion With Prince William
https://youtu.be/mhi-EHwvk2k?si=4uno0fa_SQRM1e82

NPR

  • Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
  • The White House aims to give political appointees more power over research funding
  • Pythons' extreme biology may hold clues for treating human disease
  • EV battery recycling has a math problem
  • Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million
https://youtu.be/admZWRxqXW8?si=9MdUuoW2FSkxUccy

The Progressive

  • The Ceasefire That Redrew Gaza
  • Locals Resist Data Centers; Democrats Are Too Timid
  • Pride Is More Than a Celebration
  • Lebanon: Negotiations in the North, Resistance in the South
  • Nonprofits Must Come Together, Right Now
https://youtu.be/7BJSzFj0bEQ?si=A7gXkENfu_9xiqnr

FactCheck.org

  • Explaining What We Know About the Obama Presidential Center Contractor Disputes
  • FactCheck.org Wins Sigma Delta Chi Award for Fact-Checking
  • Alaska Senate Race Ads Mislead on Peltola’s Votes on Military Pay Raise
  • Democratic Lawmakers Question If Trump Is Mystery Recipient of Drug
  • Democratic Group Makes False Claim in Insider-Trading Ad Attacking Susan Collins
https://youtu.be/FFjcIp7G3WM?si=BquQ-CldT7ZtxrE5&t=85

Snopes.com

  • Mike Johnson didn't say this quote about spending on seniors. Here's who did
  • Did Trump's motorcade leave tire tracks in reflecting pool? What photos show
  • Trump's CDC cut tracking of 'explosive diarrhea' parasite before 2026 outbreak
  • 8 misleading rumors about Lindsey Graham we've fact-checked
  • 8 times we've investigated claims about Mitch McConnell's health
https://youtu.be/1NQ5ISrW0Js?si=PeYkFhLTskIDdRta

Tradeoffs

  • As Drama at Trump's FDA Subsides, Doubts and Damage Linger
  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
  • With Millions Expected to Lose Coverage, States Look for New Ways to Prevent Medical Debt
  • Medicaid Overhaul Complicates States’ Plans to Bring Care Into Jails and Prisons
  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
https://youtu.be/GSiuMgKmiyk?si=CFoFYVwWrKNQHfnA

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