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Tag: Hispanic Heritage Month

  • Kintsugi
  • September 24, 2021

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute

A New Hamilton Cast Read Along en Español In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are pleased to release our first Hamilton Cast Read Along entirely in Spanish. Rick Negron, who plays Ki

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

October 5, 2020 by Naomi Coquillon For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting a few activities and interactive presentations that kids and families can do to honor the cultures

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

National Hispanic Heritage Month

The ways Hispanics describe their identity varies across immigrant generations For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we [Pew Research Center] looked at the terms Hispanics in the United States

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month Starts Today

Today (9/15/20) marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month and with less than two months until Election Day, attention is on Latino voters. One study found that Latinos will be the larges

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https://youtu.be/2S2L4e914po?si=YmVt_MwoVlBysYzK

NY Times

  • Late Night Wades Into the Reflecting Pool’s Algae Bloom
  • Can a Trump-Modi Meeting Reset U.S.-India Relations?
  • We Just Learned the Limits of American Power
  • America’s First Pope Pays Homage to Its First Saint
  • Georgia Vexes Trump Yet Again: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries
https://youtu.be/ZALIdsv_3cg?si=FZBaK7cjVEztCJnB

NPR

  • How to map quadrillions of miles of underground fungi
  • In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort
  • Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it
  • Why a brain research lab is switching from fruit flies to tiny fish
  • In Oregon, a newly discovered species of spider got its own name and naming ceremony
https://youtu.be/7aGbj3LAHsI?si=Iso1GGmZlbrOj5nO

The Progressive

  • Celebrate Juneteenth with Tax Justice for All
  • Why Is Illinois Failing to Hold ICE Agents Accountable?
  • This July 4, Celebrate Our Interdependence
  • The New Jim Crow
  • Being a Queer Immigrant in a Time of White Christian Nationalism
https://youtu.be/oKbsiNd4Q-Y?si=MF6Eq8qv49QiZkTB

FactCheck.org

  • Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
  • Trump’s Inaccurate Anecdote on ‘Right to Repair’ Cars
  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
https://youtu.be/FA8AZSMEOD0?si=uBmpaQx4ZdqASMpy

Snopes.com

  • Does video show Fox News reporter saying reflecting pool's green algae-infested water is blue?
  • Will Trump administration give Iran $300B in deal to end war? There's no proof
  • How we confirmed Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo
  • Did Eric Trump ask UFC commentator Daniel Cormier if any fights were 'rigged'? What we know
  • Pom Wonderful maker uses paraquat, a pesticide banned in 70-plus countries. Is it toxic?
https://youtu.be/OFkeKKszXTw?si=y7SJCxWT57VseByL

Tradeoffs

  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?
https://youtu.be/JbpcNGe1IoY?si=OKq0SBDBFxiyWQAo

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