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Tag: Library of Congress

  • Prof Patty
  • February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a living connection to this history and a prominent name in television and radio news, worked on the MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS starting in 1978, later worked in South Afr

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 21, 2021

Celebrating Black History: Blog Posts from Around the Library of Congress

Celebrating Artists’ Portraits at the Library of Congress for African American History Month blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2021/02/celebrating-artists-portraits-at-the-library-of-congress-for-af

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

I Dissent: A Conversation for Kids with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

October 16, 2020 by Naomi Coquillon In honor of the life of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away one month ago, this post shares highlights from her 2017 vi

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

NY Times

  • Mideast Live Updates: New Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Set to Start in Switzerland
  • U.S. and Iranian Officials to Meet for Peace Talks in Switzerland
  • Elon Musk Is Too Rich. We’ve Known That Since Plato.
  • Luxury Kushner Project Collides With Albanian Discontent
  • Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained
https://youtu.be/ZALIdsv_3cg?si=FZBaK7cjVEztCJnB

NPR

  • Butterflies may hold clues to longer lives
  • A new app could help streamline loon data by enabling citizens to log observations
  • A new study rewrites the history of the plague
  • How to map quadrillions of miles of underground fungi
  • In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort
https://youtu.be/7aGbj3LAHsI?si=Iso1GGmZlbrOj5nO

The Progressive

  • America is Not ‘One Nation Under God’
  • The Problem with Banning Books in Schools
  • Pride and Resilience in the Sunshine State
  • On the Myth and Reality of the Rainbow
  • Leftover Explosives in Gaza are Still a Daily Threat
https://youtu.be/oKbsiNd4Q-Y?si=MF6Eq8qv49QiZkTB

FactCheck.org

  • The Shaky Assumptions Behind Trump’s Over $500 Billion in Projected Drug Savings
  • 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
https://youtu.be/FA8AZSMEOD0?si=uBmpaQx4ZdqASMpy

Snopes.com

  • Did Matthew McConaughey say he's never met anyone 'braver' or 'smarter' than Trump?
  • Was man named Ethan Caldwell arrested for posing as museum tour guide?
  • 19 rumors involving Hunter Biden from our archives
  • Did Scotland fans give Lincoln Memorial statue a traffic cone hat?
  • Alleged image of graffiti beneath 'Department of War' sign isn't what it seems
https://youtu.be/OFkeKKszXTw?si=y7SJCxWT57VseByL

Tradeoffs

  • 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?
  • 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
https://youtu.be/JbpcNGe1IoY?si=OKq0SBDBFxiyWQAo

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