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Tag: speculative fiction

  • Prof Patty
  • October 28, 2021

BLACK SCI-FI AUTHORS TO READ FOR BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH

Octavia ButlerKalynn BayronDerrick BellN. K JemisinTananarive DueTomi AdeyemiAlaya Dawn JohnsonGeoffrey ThorneJason MottJewelle GomezL.A. BanksSteven BarnesMaurice BroaddusNalo HopkinsonSamuel R. D

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 16, 2021

Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century.

BRAVE NEW SOULS is a documentary detailing the thoughts, goals, and inspirations of a new generation of Black creators in graphic novels, television, cinema, literature, and digital media. Producer

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NY Times

  • Don Tracy Wins Republican Senate Primary in Illinois
  • Darren Bailey Wins Second Chance to Challenge Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
  • U.S.P.S. Postmaster Says Service Will Be ‘Out of Cash’ in Under a Year
  • In His Resignation Letter, Joe Kent Spoke About the Death of His Wife
  • Judge Orders Voice of America to Restart All News Operations

NPR

  • Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge'
  • Donations to science often avoid scrutiny. Jeffrey Epstein used this to his advantage
  • Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers
  • Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home
  • Master gardener Jessica Damiano explains seed packet lingo to aid successful gardening

The Progressive

  • Health Care Is the Way for Democrats to Win
  • Devastation from War in Gaza Spreads Through Mediterranean Waters
  • When You Forget What a Car Looks Like
  • How Movements Survive
  • The Caregiver Who Can’t Afford Health Care

FactCheck.org

  • EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’
  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.
  • Is the U.S. at ‘War’? Politicians Disagree
  • Trump’s Claim About the Obama Nuclear Deal and Iran’s Nuclear Development

Snopes.com

  • Analyzing video claiming to show Epstein alive and driving in Florida
  • Is US starving millions in Cuba? What to know about oil blockade squeezing island
  • Newt Gingrich posted about using nukes to create Strait of Hormuz alternative
  • Jesse Jackson's son said Clinton, Obama and Biden 'do not know' late civil rights leader
  • Don't fall for rumor about soldiers sarcastically yelling 'for Epstein' during salutes

Tradeoffs

  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction

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