Tressie McMillan Cottom
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I found a disturbing bookplate in a Widener book. It said: "This book was stolen from Harvard College Library. It was later recovered. The thief was sentenced to two years at hard labor. 1932." Isn't that excessive punishment? - Ask a Librarian
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Tressie McMillan Cottom I love this description of #thickthebook in the San Francisco Chronicle: Wait in line at that new restaurant? Bring these books along - 18h
Wait in line at that new restaurant? Bring these books along
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To avoid boredom while waiting at a hyped-up restaurant for a table, plan ahead and the minutes will fly by. Restaurant critic Soleil Ho suggests that great books will make the wait easier.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom I love this description of #thickthebook in the San Francisco Chronicle: Wait in line at that new restaurant? Bring these books along - 18h
“This Nation Has Never Honestly Dealt with the Question of a Peacetime Economy”: Coretta Scott King and the Struggle for a Nonviolent Economy in the 1970s
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(2016). “This Nation Has Never Honestly Dealt with the Question of a Peacetime Economy”: Coretta Scott King and the Struggle for a Nonviolent Economy in the 1970s. Souls: Vol. 18, Black Women’s Labor: Economics, Culture, and Politics, pp. 80-105.
Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren Are Democrats’ Top Choices for President
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In 2020, both the radical and the realist models warrant serious consideration.
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SUPPORTED NEEDED ASAP! 🙏 Especially needed before this especially tense weekend ahead of the gun control protests on Monday! We are trying to boost our general fund for - supplies - travel -...
The Big Ask of Black Voters: Trust the Government
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Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg are trying to woo older black voters with policy. Those policies may be why they’re struggling to win their support.
Rich people live longer and have 9 more healthy years than poor people, according to new research
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A significant new study found rich men and women enjoy nine more healthy years than the poorest people in their countries.
Getting In, Getting Hired, Getting Sideways Looks: Organizational Hierarchy and Perceptions of Racial Discrimination - Adia Harvey Wingfield, Koji Chavez,
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Collectors, Nightlights, and Allies, Oh My!: White Mentors in Academia
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By Marisela Martinez-Cola, Published on 08/11/18
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This unsettling practice turns your phone into a tracking device for the government
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Reverse search warrants, in which a court forces tech firms like Google to provide information on users in a certain geographic area at a certain time, are becoming an increasingly popular tactic for law enforcement.
John Leonard Prize – National Book Critics Circle
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When Black Women Go From Office Pet to Office Threat
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First your boss loves you, then they dislike you. Here’s how Black women can manage the icy transition.
Camming
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The first inside look at how sex workers use webcams to make a living   The erotic webcam industry, also known as “camming,” is a ...
New ‘Bad Boys’ film taps expertise of VCU’s Santa Muerte scholar
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“Much of her pop culture appeal is connected to surging interest in narco-culture, and one of Santa Muerte’s many diverse roles as folk saint is that of narco-saint,” says VCU expert Andrew Chesnut.
State of emergency: High tension in Virginia as right-wing gun fanatics descend on Richmond
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Buried under the cascade of serious national news Wednesday was the alarming story that Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia had declared a state of emergency through next Tuesday evening in Richmond, the state capital. The declaration includes a ban on...
Woman, 25, upset by emergency room wait heads to urgent care but dies — NBC News
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Tashonna Ward was at an emergency room for over two hours when she left to seek help at an urgent care center. She collapsed outside her car and later died.
The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject
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I am writing this very quickly while on the side of Interstate 20. I am also struggling mightily to not use my colorful repertoire of insanely rhythmic and appropriate curse words. Thank me later. Today The Chronicle of Higher Education published a...
L. H. Stallings - A Dirty South Manifesto: Sexual Resistance and Imagination in the New South & Lazaro Lima - Being Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Question | Politics and Prose Bookstore
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Hot People Are Stressful
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The brain appreciates beauty. But not always.