Saturday, June 30, 2018
Hashtag history
From the BBC Ideas -
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-hidden-history-of-the-hashtag/p067zndc
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-hidden-history-of-the-hashtag/p067zndc
Abandoned African-American Cemeteries
An excerpt from ProPublica Illinois -
I Went in Search of Abandoned African-American Cemeteries
I found a couple, and some fascinating history, too.
My interest in abandoned African-American cemeteries started in graduate school, when I was assigned to write a story about a black woman named Rose Sturdivant Young, who was leading the charge to restore an abandoned cemetery in North Carolina. Her father, mother and other ancestors are buried there.
African-American cemeteries across the country have largely been neglected, their powerful histories obscured by weeds, debris and, as much as anything, the passage of time. Few people know their locations. Fewer still know the stories of the people buried there.
When I came to ProPublica Illinois as a reporting fellow, I saw a chance to look into this issue. I focused on two cemeteries in St. Clair County, a few miles southeast of St. Louis across the Mississippi River: St. George and Booker T. Washington Cemetery. I spent time hiking the grounds with folks who are trying to unearth and preserve the histories of the cemeteries, as well as trying to keep up the cemeteries themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/abandoned-african-american-cemeteries-illinois-jerrel-floyd
I Went in Search of Abandoned African-American Cemeteries
I found a couple, and some fascinating history, too.
By Jerrel Floyd, Reporting Fellow at ProPublica Illinois.
My interest in abandoned African-American cemeteries started in graduate school, when I was assigned to write a story about a black woman named Rose Sturdivant Young, who was leading the charge to restore an abandoned cemetery in North Carolina. Her father, mother and other ancestors are buried there.
African-American cemeteries across the country have largely been neglected, their powerful histories obscured by weeds, debris and, as much as anything, the passage of time. Few people know their locations. Fewer still know the stories of the people buried there.
When I came to ProPublica Illinois as a reporting fellow, I saw a chance to look into this issue. I focused on two cemeteries in St. Clair County, a few miles southeast of St. Louis across the Mississippi River: St. George and Booker T. Washington Cemetery. I spent time hiking the grounds with folks who are trying to unearth and preserve the histories of the cemeteries, as well as trying to keep up the cemeteries themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/abandoned-african-american-cemeteries-illinois-jerrel-floyd
Canadian Bonnie and Clyde Yakety Sax
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/canadian-convenience-store-video-escape-attempt-yakety-sax.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_content=TheSlatest&utm_source=newsletter&sid=554654ea10defb39638b510d
Hall of Fame Hockey Player
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
Willie O’Ree, the first black hockey player in the NHL, tabbed for Hockey Hall of Fame
O’Ree will go in as a builder and join Grant Fuhr as only the second black NHL player to be inducted into the Hall
BY RHIANNON WALKER
Sixty years ago, O’Ree broke the color barrier in the NHL when he suited up for the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 18, 1958, at the Montreal Forum. That made hockey the last of the major four sports to integrate.
On Tuesday, O’Ree became only the third black player chosen for the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining 2003 inductee Grant Fuhr and 2010 inductee Angela James. While Fuhr was inducted as a player, O’Ree’s inclusion is based on the work he’s done after his 45 games (two in 1958 and 43 during the 1960-61 season) in the league. O’Ree totaled four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in his career, but over the past 20 years, O’Ree has been responsible for motivating and inspiring hundreds of black players to join the sport.
http://theundefeated.com/features/willie-oree-the-first-black-hockey-player-in-the-nhl-hockey-hall-of-fame/
Willie O’Ree, the first black hockey player in the NHL, tabbed for Hockey Hall of Fame
O’Ree will go in as a builder and join Grant Fuhr as only the second black NHL player to be inducted into the Hall
BY RHIANNON WALKER
Sixty years ago, O’Ree broke the color barrier in the NHL when he suited up for the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 18, 1958, at the Montreal Forum. That made hockey the last of the major four sports to integrate.
On Tuesday, O’Ree became only the third black player chosen for the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining 2003 inductee Grant Fuhr and 2010 inductee Angela James. While Fuhr was inducted as a player, O’Ree’s inclusion is based on the work he’s done after his 45 games (two in 1958 and 43 during the 1960-61 season) in the league. O’Ree totaled four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in his career, but over the past 20 years, O’Ree has been responsible for motivating and inspiring hundreds of black players to join the sport.
http://theundefeated.com/features/willie-oree-the-first-black-hockey-player-in-the-nhl-hockey-hall-of-fame/
Golfer Renee Powell
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
Golfer Renee Powell recalls the discrimination she faced on tour
While white competitors worried about making par, she had to think about staying alive
By The Undefeated
In 1967, Renee Powell became just the second African-American player to join the LPGA tour. In this video interview produced by the Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication, Powell discusses the discrimination she encountered growing up as a junior golfer and the threats of violence she received on the professional tour.
http://theundefeated.com/videos/golfer-renee-powell-recalls-the-discrimination-she-faced-on-tour/?ex_cid=ForTheCulture
Golfer Renee Powell recalls the discrimination she faced on tour
While white competitors worried about making par, she had to think about staying alive
By The Undefeated
In 1967, Renee Powell became just the second African-American player to join the LPGA tour. In this video interview produced by the Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication, Powell discusses the discrimination she encountered growing up as a junior golfer and the threats of violence she received on the professional tour.
http://theundefeated.com/videos/golfer-renee-powell-recalls-the-discrimination-she-faced-on-tour/?ex_cid=ForTheCulture
Black Girl Magic From Way Back
From the Undefeated -
From all-black clubs to all-stars
A timeline of black women’s participation in basketball, golf, gymnastics and track
BY THE UNDEFEATED
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-women-athletes-participation-in-basketball-golf-gymnastics-track-timelines/?ex_cid=ForTheCulture
From all-black clubs to all-stars
A timeline of black women’s participation in basketball, golf, gymnastics and track
BY THE UNDEFEATED
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-women-athletes-participation-in-basketball-golf-gymnastics-track-timelines/?ex_cid=ForTheCulture
SacTown Love
https://www.eater.com/2018/6/29/17489652/best-arena-food-sacramento-golden-1-video#nws=mcnewsletter
Again
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Police attacked me for stealing a car. It was my own.
Lawrence Crosby is a PhD graduate in materials engineering.
By Lawrence Crosby
I was face down on the pavement. One police officer was kneeing me in the back, while others pulled or punched. They paid no attention to my screams identifying myself as an engineering PhD student at Northwestern University. They just kept punching. One shouted, “Stop resisting!”
The record is on the dash-cam footage: It’s nighttime. I step out of my car, bewildered at being pulled over and surrounded by police vehicles in the college town I’ve lived in for years. I hold my hands up high, shocked to see several guns pointed at me. It turns out a fellow student had called the police to report that someone was trying to steal a car. That someone was me. The car was my own. I had a key.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/police-attacked-me-for-stealing-a-car-it-was-my-own/2018/06/29/86829292-7658-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?utm_term=.50a24cf133ac&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Police attacked me for stealing a car. It was my own.
Lawrence Crosby is a PhD graduate in materials engineering.
By Lawrence Crosby
I was face down on the pavement. One police officer was kneeing me in the back, while others pulled or punched. They paid no attention to my screams identifying myself as an engineering PhD student at Northwestern University. They just kept punching. One shouted, “Stop resisting!”
The record is on the dash-cam footage: It’s nighttime. I step out of my car, bewildered at being pulled over and surrounded by police vehicles in the college town I’ve lived in for years. I hold my hands up high, shocked to see several guns pointed at me. It turns out a fellow student had called the police to report that someone was trying to steal a car. That someone was me. The car was my own. I had a key.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/police-attacked-me-for-stealing-a-car-it-was-my-own/2018/06/29/86829292-7658-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?utm_term=.50a24cf133ac&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Welcome
An excerpt from the New York Times -
In This House, Everyone’s Welcome
HealHaus, a new wellness studio and cafe that just opened in Brooklyn, is creating space for people of color.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/style/healhaus-wellness-bed-stuy-brooklyn.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_li_20180628&nl=nyt-living&nl_art=1&nlid=38867499emc%3Dedit_li_20180628&ref=headline&te=1
In This House, Everyone’s Welcome
HealHaus, a new wellness studio and cafe that just opened in Brooklyn, is creating space for people of color.
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| Elisa Shankle and Darian Hall on the back porch of HealHaus, the wellness studio and cafe they founded. CreditAnnie Tritt for The New York Times |
A Taste of Sweden
From the New York Times -
Receiving the Summer Solstice, the Swedish Way
By Malin Fezehai
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/27/nyregion/swedish-midsummer-nyc.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_li_20180628&nl=nyt-living&nl_art=3&nlid=38867499emc%3Dedit_li_20180628&ref=headline&te=1
Receiving the Summer Solstice, the Swedish Way
By Malin Fezehai
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/27/nyregion/swedish-midsummer-nyc.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_li_20180628&nl=nyt-living&nl_art=3&nlid=38867499emc%3Dedit_li_20180628&ref=headline&te=1
Friday, June 29, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
This is Incivility
An excerpt from Upworthy -
Dan Rather had the perfect response to Trump's complaint about 'a lack of civility.'
At 86, Dan Rather has been around long enough to have serious perspective.
by Eric Pfeiffer
Dan Rather's Facebook Post -
President Trump and the GOP bemoaning a lack of civility is a hypocritical farce. It spurs an almost uncontrollable bout of forehead-slapping in disbelief.
But let's be clear about what incivility really looks like:
Incivility is lying to impugn the citizenship of the first African American president.
Incivility is threatening and mocking reporters and attacking the First Amendment protections of our free and independent press.
Incivility is destroying the environment and ignoring climate change.
Incivility is countenancing corruption and venality in the highest reaches of the White House and its cabinet.
Incivility is our government's response to Puerto Rico.
Incivility is undermining a merited investigation by respected law enforcement officials and maligning the notion of an independent judiciary.
Incivility is cozying up to dictators and attacking our allies and friends.
Incivility is ripping children - even those too young to know their parent's name - from immigrants legally claiming asylum.
Incivility is endeavoring to have millions of Americans lose their health insurance.
Incivility is creating a false equivalence between Nazis and counter-protesters.
Incivility is using peaceful dissent from NFL players as a pretense for stirring the deep waters of racial injustice.
Incivility is using Twitter to lie and bully.
Incivility is just having the pathology to constantly lie in the first place.
Incivility is gaslighting your fellow citizens on issues big and small.
Incivility is trying to bar entry to the United States on account of religion.
Incivility is ignoring science and reason.
Incivility is trying to run roughshod over our constitutional protections.
These are but a few of the real incivilities that plague our moment in history. They are the actions of a man and his enablers who feel no compunction about destroying the bonds that have held this improbable nation together. We will only succeed if we have a civil society. And anything or anyone who attacks that cherished American ideal must be considered... uncivil.
http://www.upworthy.com/dan-rather-had-the-perfect-response-to-trump-s-complaint-about-a-lack-of-civility?c=upw1
Dan Rather had the perfect response to Trump's complaint about 'a lack of civility.'
At 86, Dan Rather has been around long enough to have serious perspective.
by Eric Pfeiffer
Dan Rather's Facebook Post -
President Trump and the GOP bemoaning a lack of civility is a hypocritical farce. It spurs an almost uncontrollable bout of forehead-slapping in disbelief.
But let's be clear about what incivility really looks like:
Incivility is lying to impugn the citizenship of the first African American president.
Incivility is threatening and mocking reporters and attacking the First Amendment protections of our free and independent press.
Incivility is destroying the environment and ignoring climate change.
Incivility is countenancing corruption and venality in the highest reaches of the White House and its cabinet.
Incivility is our government's response to Puerto Rico.
Incivility is undermining a merited investigation by respected law enforcement officials and maligning the notion of an independent judiciary.
Incivility is cozying up to dictators and attacking our allies and friends.
Incivility is ripping children - even those too young to know their parent's name - from immigrants legally claiming asylum.
Incivility is endeavoring to have millions of Americans lose their health insurance.
Incivility is creating a false equivalence between Nazis and counter-protesters.
Incivility is using peaceful dissent from NFL players as a pretense for stirring the deep waters of racial injustice.
Incivility is using Twitter to lie and bully.
Incivility is just having the pathology to constantly lie in the first place.
Incivility is gaslighting your fellow citizens on issues big and small.
Incivility is trying to bar entry to the United States on account of religion.
Incivility is ignoring science and reason.
Incivility is trying to run roughshod over our constitutional protections.
These are but a few of the real incivilities that plague our moment in history. They are the actions of a man and his enablers who feel no compunction about destroying the bonds that have held this improbable nation together. We will only succeed if we have a civil society. And anything or anyone who attacks that cherished American ideal must be considered... uncivil.
http://www.upworthy.com/dan-rather-had-the-perfect-response-to-trump-s-complaint-about-a-lack-of-civility?c=upw1
God Help Us
Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement, giving President Trump the chance to appoint a second judge. https://t.co/bYil5UUR4O— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 27, 2018
An early look at Thursday's front... pic.twitter.com/sMqbfavkXY
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
This is Where the Catholic Church Draws the Line?
From CNN -
'The use of rap music is not allowed in preaching,' Catholic Church suspends rapping priest
By Idris Mukhtar
Nairobi (CNN)A priest has been suspended by the Catholic church in Kenya for rapping his sermons.
On a typical Sunday at the St. Monica Catholic Church in south west Kenya, Father Ogalo would be draped in his usual church vestments for morning mass.
Later in the day, he would change into shorts, a long t-shirt and tie a red bandana tied around his head, spitting hip-hop rhymes into his mic as he entertained his congregation.
But his unconventional preaching style has landed him in hot water with Catholic Church heads.
Father Ogalo says he was simply trying to "bring the youth closer to the church," in an interview with local media.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/africa/kenya-catholic-church-suspends-priest/index.html
'The use of rap music is not allowed in preaching,' Catholic Church suspends rapping priest
By Idris Mukhtar
Nairobi (CNN)A priest has been suspended by the Catholic church in Kenya for rapping his sermons.
On a typical Sunday at the St. Monica Catholic Church in south west Kenya, Father Ogalo would be draped in his usual church vestments for morning mass.
Later in the day, he would change into shorts, a long t-shirt and tie a red bandana tied around his head, spitting hip-hop rhymes into his mic as he entertained his congregation.
But his unconventional preaching style has landed him in hot water with Catholic Church heads.
Father Ogalo says he was simply trying to "bring the youth closer to the church," in an interview with local media.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/africa/kenya-catholic-church-suspends-priest/index.html
From the Fields to the Farm
An excerpt from USA Today -
Meet the farmworker's daughter who just landed a $350K scholarship to Stanford
By Cristian Ponce
SALINAS, Calif. — Everett Alvarez High School's valedictorian will attend Stanford University this fall, and one of the world's richest couples will be picking up the $350,000 tab.
Salinas-native Angela Gomez, 17, is just one of two Monterey County students to receive the Gates Scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/26/gates-foundation-farmworkers-daughter-stanford-scholarship/737077002/
Meet the farmworker's daughter who just landed a $350K scholarship to Stanford
By Cristian Ponce
SALINAS, Calif. — Everett Alvarez High School's valedictorian will attend Stanford University this fall, and one of the world's richest couples will be picking up the $350,000 tab.
Salinas-native Angela Gomez, 17, is just one of two Monterey County students to receive the Gates Scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/26/gates-foundation-farmworkers-daughter-stanford-scholarship/737077002/
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Black Brew
An excerpt from the Root -
Meet the 1st Black Brewers of Georgia
By Montana Couser
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a black-owned brewery.
Out of the 66 breweries in Georgia, only one is owned by black people: Down Home Brewing Co. Chris Reeves and William Allen Moore, the two men behind the brewery, started canning beer in March 2018 at BlueTarp, Georgia’s smallest production brewery, east of downtown Decatur.
https://www.theroot.com/meet-the-1st-black-brewers-of-georgia-1827105562?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-06-25
Meet the 1st Black Brewers of Georgia
By Montana Couser
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| Chris Reeves and William Allen Moore of Down Home Brewery | Screenshot: WXIA-TV |
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a black-owned brewery.
Out of the 66 breweries in Georgia, only one is owned by black people: Down Home Brewing Co. Chris Reeves and William Allen Moore, the two men behind the brewery, started canning beer in March 2018 at BlueTarp, Georgia’s smallest production brewery, east of downtown Decatur.
https://www.theroot.com/meet-the-1st-black-brewers-of-georgia-1827105562?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-06-25
Another Day. Another Incident.
An excerpt from the Root -
Black Firefighter Conducting City-Mandated Inspections in Oakland Hills, Calif., Questioned by Residents, Reported to Police
By Breanna Edwards
An Oakland, Calif., firefighter doing his duty to serve his community, conducting city-mandated inspections around Oakland Hills, actually had the police called on him, and on another occasion, he was harassed questioned and recorded by a resident who thought he was suspicious even though he was in full uniform and had his fire truck parked nearby.
Again, we are witnessing black people not being able to exist without being greeted by racial biases and sometimes the outright ugly face of racism.
“It’s extremely unfortunate,” Fire Capt. Damon Covington, president of the Oakland Black Firefighters Association, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “From the outside, it certainly appears to be unfair and unwarranted. The fire service is a microcosm of the world. Racism exists in the world, and it exists in Oakland and everywhere else.”
https://www.theroot.com/black-firefighter-conducting-city-mandated-inspections-1827099670
Black Firefighter Conducting City-Mandated Inspections in Oakland Hills, Calif., Questioned by Residents, Reported to Police
By Breanna Edwards
An Oakland, Calif., firefighter doing his duty to serve his community, conducting city-mandated inspections around Oakland Hills, actually had the police called on him, and on another occasion, he was harassed questioned and recorded by a resident who thought he was suspicious even though he was in full uniform and had his fire truck parked nearby.
Again, we are witnessing black people not being able to exist without being greeted by racial biases and sometimes the outright ugly face of racism.
“It’s extremely unfortunate,” Fire Capt. Damon Covington, president of the Oakland Black Firefighters Association, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “From the outside, it certainly appears to be unfair and unwarranted. The fire service is a microcosm of the world. Racism exists in the world, and it exists in Oakland and everywhere else.”
https://www.theroot.com/black-firefighter-conducting-city-mandated-inspections-1827099670
Saying It Without Saying It
From VerySmartBrothas -
40 Ways White People Say ‘White People’ Without Actually Saying ‘White People’
By Damon Young
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/40-ways-white-people-say-white-people-without-actually-1827101126?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-06-25
40 Ways White People Say ‘White People’ Without Actually Saying ‘White People’
By Damon Young
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/40-ways-white-people-say-white-people-without-actually-1827101126?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-06-25
The Ripple Effect of High Housing Costs
An excerpt from the New York Times -
San Francisco Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting Diners to Work.
The city offers a case study of how high housing costs alter the economics of everything else, including restaurant service.
By Emily Badger
SAN FRANCISCO — Souvla, a Greek restaurant with a devoted following, serves spit-fired meat two ways: in a photogenic sandwich, or on a photogenic salad, either available with a glass of Greek wine. The garnishes are thoughtful: pea shoots, harissa-spiked yogurt, mizithra cheese.
The small menu is so appealing and the place itself so charming that you almost forget, as a diner, that you have to do much of the work of dining out yourself. You scout your own table. You fetch and fill your own water glass. And if you’d like another glass of wine, you go back to the counter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/dining/san-francisco-restaurants-service.html
San Francisco Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting Diners to Work.
The city offers a case study of how high housing costs alter the economics of everything else, including restaurant service.
By Emily Badger
SAN FRANCISCO — Souvla, a Greek restaurant with a devoted following, serves spit-fired meat two ways: in a photogenic sandwich, or on a photogenic salad, either available with a glass of Greek wine. The garnishes are thoughtful: pea shoots, harissa-spiked yogurt, mizithra cheese.
The small menu is so appealing and the place itself so charming that you almost forget, as a diner, that you have to do much of the work of dining out yourself. You scout your own table. You fetch and fill your own water glass. And if you’d like another glass of wine, you go back to the counter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/dining/san-francisco-restaurants-service.html
If This is Low income . . .
An excerpt from SFGate -
A six-figure salary is considered 'low income' in San Francisco, and the threshold is rising
By Michelle Robertson
The Bay Area is so expensive, earning $117,400 a year qualifies you as "low income" in some counties.
Every year the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development releases "income limits," the minimum income level required to qualify for some affordable housing programs.
To be considered "low income" in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties, a family of four must earn $117,400 a year. "Very low income" is considered $73,300.
https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/low-income-families-sf-bay-area-hud-statistics-13024580.php
A six-figure salary is considered 'low income' in San Francisco, and the threshold is rising
By Michelle Robertson
The Bay Area is so expensive, earning $117,400 a year qualifies you as "low income" in some counties.
Every year the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development releases "income limits," the minimum income level required to qualify for some affordable housing programs.
To be considered "low income" in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties, a family of four must earn $117,400 a year. "Very low income" is considered $73,300.
https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/low-income-families-sf-bay-area-hud-statistics-13024580.php
I Was There - Go Rattlers!
From the Tallahassee Democrat -
Rattler Redux: FAMU documentary celebrates 1978 championship
By Rory Sharrock
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2018/06/22/famu-documentary-celebrates-1978-championship/723104002/
Rattler Redux: FAMU documentary celebrates 1978 championship
By Rory Sharrock
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2018/06/22/famu-documentary-celebrates-1978-championship/723104002/
Monday, June 25, 2018
Firemen Save the Day
From CNN -
These kids were carrying water in pots to fill up their pool. Then firefighters stopped to help.
By Amanda Jackson
It was a hot summer day in Charlotte, North Carolina, and these kids just wanted to splash around in their kiddie pool. But the only way they had to fill it was to carry pots of water from the sink.
Thanks to their local firefighters with the assist on the water, the children were cooling off in no time.
"Today, after leaving a medical call, Engine 18 stumbled across a family desperately trying to fill up a kiddy pool by filling pots from the sink for a little boys birthday on this sweltering day," Charlotte Fire Station 18 posted on Facebook on Sunday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/us/firefighters-fill-pool-trnd/index.html
These kids were carrying water in pots to fill up their pool. Then firefighters stopped to help.
By Amanda Jackson
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| Charlotte firefighters stopped to help fill up this pool on Sunday. |
Thanks to their local firefighters with the assist on the water, the children were cooling off in no time.
"Today, after leaving a medical call, Engine 18 stumbled across a family desperately trying to fill up a kiddy pool by filling pots from the sink for a little boys birthday on this sweltering day," Charlotte Fire Station 18 posted on Facebook on Sunday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/us/firefighters-fill-pool-trnd/index.html
Good Dog?
From CNN -
$10 million worth of pot found, thanks to police dog
By Amanda Jackson
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/us/chicago-k9-officer-pot-bust-trnd/index.html
$10 million worth of pot found, thanks to police dog
By Amanda Jackson
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| Chicago police shared this image on Facebook showing the K-9 surrounded by the seized product. |
Christianity, Trump Style
Christianity, Trump style: “Jesus was a loser. A failed carpenter. He's a savior because he was crucified. I like people that weren't crucified.” https://t.co/NrLGWEXcRi pic.twitter.com/tiSCoPdTpX— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 25, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Personalizing the Pain
From the Washington Post -
This is what it feels like to be separated at the border
By Victoria Smolkin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-separated-at-the-border/2018/06/20/ecdc6d50-74b5-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.dca9aedef24d
This is what it feels like to be separated at the border
By Victoria Smolkin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-be-separated-at-the-border/2018/06/20/ecdc6d50-74b5-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.dca9aedef24d
The Downside of Tech
An excerpt from the NY Times -
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
By Nellie Bowles
SAN FRANCISCO — The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy.
One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another told an abuse help line that she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there.
Their stories are part of a new pattern of behavior in domestic abuse cases tied to the rise of smart home technology. Internet-connected locks, speakers, thermostats, lights and cameras that have been marketed as the newest conveniences are now also being used as a means for harassment, monitoring, revenge and control.
In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times, domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders described how the technology was becoming an alarming new tool. Abusers — using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the internet-enabled devices — would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to intimidate and confuse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
By Nellie Bowles
SAN FRANCISCO — The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy.
One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day and she could not figure out why. Still another told an abuse help line that she kept hearing the doorbell ring, but no one was there.
Their stories are part of a new pattern of behavior in domestic abuse cases tied to the rise of smart home technology. Internet-connected locks, speakers, thermostats, lights and cameras that have been marketed as the newest conveniences are now also being used as a means for harassment, monitoring, revenge and control.
In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times, domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders described how the technology was becoming an alarming new tool. Abusers — using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the internet-enabled devices — would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to intimidate and confuse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
More Black Girl (Woman) Magic
Michelle Alexander joins @nytopinion as a columnist https://t.co/MpFPi3Om01— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) June 21, 2018
When Daddy Was a Serial Killer
From the Huffington Post -
How The Daughter Of A Serial Killer Coped With The Gravity Of Her Dad's Crimes
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-daughter-of-a-serial-killer-overcame-her-shame-of-her-fathers-crimes_us_5b2a8e2fe4b0a6b96a33b60c
How The Daughter Of A Serial Killer Coped With The Gravity Of Her Dad's Crimes
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-daughter-of-a-serial-killer-overcame-her-shame-of-her-fathers-crimes_us_5b2a8e2fe4b0a6b96a33b60c
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Fresh Off the Boat - True Story
https://www.ozy.com/true-story/watch-now-how-eddie-huang-launched-the-supreme-of-restaurants/87501
Yes He Is.
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Trump is a baldfaced liar
By Colbert King
In all my years, I have never seen anything quite like this: a U.S. president who lies and demonizes at the drop of a hat. I don’t just mean President Trump makes statements that tend to be inaccurate or misleading or that he exaggerates, equivocates and, at times, shades the truth.
No, this president repeatedly makes declarations that are flat-out at variance with established facts; assertions that on their face cannot be true.
As The Post’s “Fact Checker” column noted this week, until Wednesday, when Trump signed an executive order ending the separation of migrant families at the Mexican border, his “administration was insisting that it didn’t have a policy of separating families (false), that several laws and court rulings were forcing these separations (false), that Democrats were to blame (false), that only Congress could stop family separations (false) and that an executive order wouldn’t get the job done.”
No other words for it: Trump is a baldfaced liar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-a-bald-faced-liar/2018/06/22/75d70334-7576-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.fbb2e91cb9b1&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Trump is a baldfaced liar
By Colbert King
In all my years, I have never seen anything quite like this: a U.S. president who lies and demonizes at the drop of a hat. I don’t just mean President Trump makes statements that tend to be inaccurate or misleading or that he exaggerates, equivocates and, at times, shades the truth.
No, this president repeatedly makes declarations that are flat-out at variance with established facts; assertions that on their face cannot be true.
As The Post’s “Fact Checker” column noted this week, until Wednesday, when Trump signed an executive order ending the separation of migrant families at the Mexican border, his “administration was insisting that it didn’t have a policy of separating families (false), that several laws and court rulings were forcing these separations (false), that Democrats were to blame (false), that only Congress could stop family separations (false) and that an executive order wouldn’t get the job done.”
No other words for it: Trump is a baldfaced liar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-a-bald-faced-liar/2018/06/22/75d70334-7576-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.fbb2e91cb9b1&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
A Father's Day Letter
http://theundefeated.com/videos/kevin-durants-dad-writes-a-letter-to-his-son-on-fathers-day/?ex_cid=ForTheCulture
Black Girl (Woman) Magic on Full Display
An excerpt from CNN -
The entire justice system here is run by black women. It's not a diversity experiment. They do things differently.
By Doug Criss
The entire justice system here is run by black women. It's not a diversity experiment. They do things differently.
By Doug Criss
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| These women hold the reins of power in the municipal criminal justice system of South Fulton, Georgia. Foreground, from left, LaDawn Jones, Lakesiya Cofield, Viveca Famber Powell, interim Police Chief Sheila Rogers. Background, from left, clerk Kerry Stephens, Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers, clerk Ramona Howard, clerk Tiffany Kinslow
South Fulton, an Atlanta suburb and one of Georgia's newest cities, has the distinction of being perhaps the first city in the nation to have its criminal justice system led entirely by black women:
Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers
Interim Police Chief Sheila Rogers
Solicitor LaDawn "LBJ" Jones
Public defender Viveca Famber Powell
Court administrator Lakesiya Cofield
Chief court clerk Ramona Howard
Court clerk Tiffany Kinslow
Court clerk Kerry Stephens
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/us/south-fulton-georgia-women-leaders-trnd/index.html
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Friday, June 22, 2018
More Babies Are Born at This Time
An excerpt from Romper -
Babies Tend To Be Born At One Certain Time, According To A New Study, & This Could Be Why
By Jen McGuire
A study of child birth by researchers out of the University College London in the United Kingdom was published in the medical journal PLOS ONE earlier this month. Specifically researchers looked at whether there was a time of day when most babies might be born. And after analyzing more than 5 million singleton births (which sounds like an excerpt from Bridget Jones' Diary, but I digress) in England between 2005 and 2014, they found their answer: yes. Around 4 a.m., in point of fact.
https://www.romper.com/p/babies-tend-to-be-born-at-one-certain-time-according-to-a-new-study-this-could-be-why-9550101
For Those of Us Who Care
Since Melania Trump's jacket said "I really don't care"...
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 21, 2018
I set up https://t.co/GL1FF0KpBs
Click the link and it'll take you to a site where you can donate to 14 awesome groups helping immigrants all at once. Feel free to RT if that's your jam. pic.twitter.com/TPc4y4ZUfh
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Juneteenth
An excerpt from Vox -
Why celebrating Juneteenth is more important now than ever
It’s time for America to truly grapple with its legacy of slavery.
By P.R. Lockhart
As the Civil War came to a close in 1865, a number of people remained enslaved, especially in remote areas. Word of slavery’s end traveled slowly, and for those who were largely isolated from Union armies, life continued as if freedom did not exist.
This was especially the case in Texas, where thousands of slaves were not made aware of freedom until June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued an order officially freeing them. Their celebration would serve as the basis of June 19 — or Juneteenth — a holiday celebrating emancipation in the US.
Ironically, while Juneteenth has become the most prominent Emancipation Day holiday in the US, it commemorates a smaller moment that remains relatively obscure. It doesn’t mark the signing of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which technically freed slaves in the rebelling Confederate states, nor does it commemorate the December 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which enshrined the end of slavery into the Constitution. Instead, it marks the moment when emancipation finally reached those in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy.
In many ways, Juneteenth represents how freedom and justice in the US has always been delayed for black people.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/6/19/17476482/juneteenth-holiday-emancipation-african-american-celebration-history
Why celebrating Juneteenth is more important now than ever
It’s time for America to truly grapple with its legacy of slavery.
By P.R. Lockhart
As the Civil War came to a close in 1865, a number of people remained enslaved, especially in remote areas. Word of slavery’s end traveled slowly, and for those who were largely isolated from Union armies, life continued as if freedom did not exist.
This was especially the case in Texas, where thousands of slaves were not made aware of freedom until June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued an order officially freeing them. Their celebration would serve as the basis of June 19 — or Juneteenth — a holiday celebrating emancipation in the US.
Ironically, while Juneteenth has become the most prominent Emancipation Day holiday in the US, it commemorates a smaller moment that remains relatively obscure. It doesn’t mark the signing of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which technically freed slaves in the rebelling Confederate states, nor does it commemorate the December 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which enshrined the end of slavery into the Constitution. Instead, it marks the moment when emancipation finally reached those in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy.
In many ways, Juneteenth represents how freedom and justice in the US has always been delayed for black people.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/6/19/17476482/juneteenth-holiday-emancipation-african-american-celebration-history
Hostages
An excerpt form the New York Times -
Trump’s Small Hostages
By Frank Bruni
Why don’t we call the terrified children whose incarceration is riveting the country what they are at this point?
Not migrants. Not detainees. Not pawns, although that comes closest to the mark.
They’re hostages.
President Trump is using them as flesh-and-blood bargaining chips, hoping that their ordeal and reasonable Americans’ disgust with it will get him what he wants. This isn’t some theory that I’m basing on the whisperings of unnamed administration officials whose candor the president can dismiss as fake news put out by a maleficent media.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/donald-trump-immigrants-children.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Trump’s Small Hostages
By Frank Bruni
Why don’t we call the terrified children whose incarceration is riveting the country what they are at this point?
Not migrants. Not detainees. Not pawns, although that comes closest to the mark.
They’re hostages.
President Trump is using them as flesh-and-blood bargaining chips, hoping that their ordeal and reasonable Americans’ disgust with it will get him what he wants. This isn’t some theory that I’m basing on the whisperings of unnamed administration officials whose candor the president can dismiss as fake news put out by a maleficent media.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/donald-trump-immigrants-children.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
An App For Parents of Preemies
From OZY -
THIS APP GUIDES PREEMIE PARENTS THROUGH SCARY TIMES
By Daniel Malloy
No piece of technology can manage the emotional cyclone of the neonatal intensive care unit, but a new app launched in May by the March of Dimes charity can bring some order and a little more sanity to a harrowing time for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) fathers and mothers. My NICU Baby lets parents track their child’s progress — from weight to feedings to time in skin-to-skin contact with parents, known as “kangaroo care.” It includes a glossary of medical terms so you know what it means if your baby gets an endotracheal tube, and what that blue bili light does.
https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/this-app-guides-preemie-parents-through-scary-times/87052
THIS APP GUIDES PREEMIE PARENTS THROUGH SCARY TIMES
By Daniel Malloy
No piece of technology can manage the emotional cyclone of the neonatal intensive care unit, but a new app launched in May by the March of Dimes charity can bring some order and a little more sanity to a harrowing time for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) fathers and mothers. My NICU Baby lets parents track their child’s progress — from weight to feedings to time in skin-to-skin contact with parents, known as “kangaroo care.” It includes a glossary of medical terms so you know what it means if your baby gets an endotracheal tube, and what that blue bili light does.
https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/this-app-guides-preemie-parents-through-scary-times/87052
When Strangers Think They Know Better
An excerpt from the LA Times -
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages. A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her
By ESMERALDA BERMUDEZ
I felt her staring at me on the playground as I called out to my daughter.
She must be someone’s grandmother, I thought. She must be curious, as people often are.
Then she took one step toward me — pink fingernails, dark blond hair — and opened her mouth, e-nun-ci-a-ting each word.
“Speak English,” she commanded. “You’re confusing the poor girl.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-speak-english-20180616-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages. A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her
By ESMERALDA BERMUDEZ
She must be someone’s grandmother, I thought. She must be curious, as people often are.
Then she took one step toward me — pink fingernails, dark blond hair — and opened her mouth, e-nun-ci-a-ting each word.
“Speak English,” she commanded. “You’re confusing the poor girl.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-speak-english-20180616-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter
Cadillac Ranch
https://d3p33vdscqvyo9.cloudfront.net/tronc/Los%20Angeles%20Times/2018/06/11/5b1eb05ce4b022d8f83748f9/5b1eb084e4b0c9822fbe035d_t_1528737927463_mobile.m3u8
Crooked Cop
From USA Today -
How a McDonald's receipt crippled an elite drug-fighting team
USA TODAY NETWORKBeth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/18/police-corruption-cripples-drug-squad/712721002/
How a McDonald's receipt crippled an elite drug-fighting team
USA TODAY NETWORKBeth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/18/police-corruption-cripples-drug-squad/712721002/
Eleven Separate Nations
From Business Insider -
This map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
By Mark Abadi
http://www.businessinsider.com/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1
This map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
By Mark Abadi
http://www.businessinsider.com/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1
Monday, June 18, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Whole-Grain Pancakes
From the New York Times -
Whole-Grain Pancakes to Make Any Morning Special
Hearty and nutritious, but still buttery and rich, these unfussy pancakes come together quickly and without any special equipment.
By Melissa Clark
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/dining/whole-grain-pancakes-recipe.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_li_20180616&nl=nyt-living&nl_art=8&nlid=38867499emc%3Dedit_li_20180616&ref=headline&te=1
Whole-Grain Pancakes to Make Any Morning Special
Hearty and nutritious, but still buttery and rich, these unfussy pancakes come together quickly and without any special equipment.
By Melissa Clark
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/dining/whole-grain-pancakes-recipe.html?em_pos=medium&emc=edit_li_20180616&nl=nyt-living&nl_art=8&nlid=38867499emc%3Dedit_li_20180616&ref=headline&te=1
Black Hockey Champion
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
The significance of a Stanley Cup champion named Devante
There’s no doubt that seeing a man who looks like that with a name like that – and his middle name is Malik – is an inspiration to black kids in D.C.
By Clinton Yates
You might call it the Devante swing.
At the start of the third period, the nearly 15,000 people inside Capital One Arena had resigned themselves to the fact that this might not be the night that the Washington Capitals get it done. The Vegas Golden Knights had scored twice to end the second and take a 3-2 lead.
Then, he struck.
After initiating the play on the forecheck, and Brooks Orpik kept the puck in the zone, Devante-Smith Pelly controlled it off his skate, then beat Marc-André Fleury glove side to equalize the skate at three goals each, and suddenly there was life. Fleury lay on the ice for a long time after that goal, appearing completely defeated. “The Great Dane” Lars Eller scored the go-ahead goal and just like that, it was party time.
The name Devante will be inscribed on the Stanley Cup.
It’s been quite the journey for the black man from Scarborough, Ontario, whom the kids call DSP. His career began with the Anaheim Ducks. Three teams and five seasons later, he’s hoisting the Stanley Cup and celebrating with his family on the ice.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-significance-of-a-stanley-cup-champion-named-devante-smith-pelly/
The significance of a Stanley Cup champion named Devante
There’s no doubt that seeing a man who looks like that with a name like that – and his middle name is Malik – is an inspiration to black kids in D.C.
By Clinton Yates
You might call it the Devante swing.
At the start of the third period, the nearly 15,000 people inside Capital One Arena had resigned themselves to the fact that this might not be the night that the Washington Capitals get it done. The Vegas Golden Knights had scored twice to end the second and take a 3-2 lead.
Then, he struck.
After initiating the play on the forecheck, and Brooks Orpik kept the puck in the zone, Devante-Smith Pelly controlled it off his skate, then beat Marc-André Fleury glove side to equalize the skate at three goals each, and suddenly there was life. Fleury lay on the ice for a long time after that goal, appearing completely defeated. “The Great Dane” Lars Eller scored the go-ahead goal and just like that, it was party time.
The name Devante will be inscribed on the Stanley Cup.
It’s been quite the journey for the black man from Scarborough, Ontario, whom the kids call DSP. His career began with the Anaheim Ducks. Three teams and five seasons later, he’s hoisting the Stanley Cup and celebrating with his family on the ice.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-significance-of-a-stanley-cup-champion-named-devante-smith-pelly/
Samuel Ranks Samuel
From the Undefeated -
Samuel L. Jackson RANKS Samuel L. Jackson
The film legend ranks his favorite characters of all time: 1 through 20
https://theundefeated.com/features/samuel-l-jackson-ranks-his-acting-roles/
Samuel L. Jackson RANKS Samuel L. Jackson
The film legend ranks his favorite characters of all time: 1 through 20
https://theundefeated.com/features/samuel-l-jackson-ranks-his-acting-roles/
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Not New
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
The United States’ Long History Of Separating Families Of Color
The disturbing practice is as old as slavery.
By Sara Boboltz
But as shocking as it is to see nearly 1,500 Latino children housed in a former Walmart adorned with a sketch of President Donald Trump, it’s not the first time American leadership has endorsed the separation of families of color.
America has been a place where children are torn from the arms of their parents since the time of slavery. (Alarmingly, the Bible verse cited by Sessions, Romans 13, was also used to justify enslavement.) As soon as they were old enough to work, young black children could be sold off. In many cases, these children never saw their families again.
Later, the U.S. decided to pursue a similar approach with Native American children, sending them to government-run boarding schools en masse in the late 19th century. Col. Richard Pratt, who founded the first such school, believed the establishments would help Native Americans assimilate into Eurocentric American culture. He lived by a motto: “Kill the Indian, save the man.” The boarding schools lasted into the 20th century.
Trump’s policy, it seems, is just the latest iteration of American leaders invoking government authority to keep families of color physically apart.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/history-separating-families-of-color_us_5b241a78e4b0f9178a9d1866
The United States’ Long History Of Separating Families Of Color
The disturbing practice is as old as slavery.
By Sara Boboltz
But as shocking as it is to see nearly 1,500 Latino children housed in a former Walmart adorned with a sketch of President Donald Trump, it’s not the first time American leadership has endorsed the separation of families of color.
America has been a place where children are torn from the arms of their parents since the time of slavery. (Alarmingly, the Bible verse cited by Sessions, Romans 13, was also used to justify enslavement.) As soon as they were old enough to work, young black children could be sold off. In many cases, these children never saw their families again.
Later, the U.S. decided to pursue a similar approach with Native American children, sending them to government-run boarding schools en masse in the late 19th century. Col. Richard Pratt, who founded the first such school, believed the establishments would help Native Americans assimilate into Eurocentric American culture. He lived by a motto: “Kill the Indian, save the man.” The boarding schools lasted into the 20th century.
Trump’s policy, it seems, is just the latest iteration of American leaders invoking government authority to keep families of color physically apart.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/history-separating-families-of-color_us_5b241a78e4b0f9178a9d1866
Friday, June 15, 2018
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
Lynchings in the Media
An excerpt from the NY Times -
How Northern Newspapers Covered Lynchings
By Charles Seguin
From the late 1800s well into the 20th century, thousands of people, mostly black and poor, were murdered by lynch mobs that sometimes burned their victims alive, castrated them or cut their bodies up into little pieces that were passed around as souvenirs.
Southern newspapers justified these horrors by calling lynching victims “fiends,” “brutes” or “ravishers,” leaving their guilt unquestioned. Lurid details of supposed rapes of white women by black men, often entirely fabricated, were recounted in Southern papers to justify, or even to incite, lynchings.
In a landmark move, The Montgomery Advertiser recently apologized for its role in justifying and promoting lynching. But many Northern papers were just as complicit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/northern-newspapers-lynchings.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
How Northern Newspapers Covered Lynchings
By Charles Seguin
From the late 1800s well into the 20th century, thousands of people, mostly black and poor, were murdered by lynch mobs that sometimes burned their victims alive, castrated them or cut their bodies up into little pieces that were passed around as souvenirs.
Southern newspapers justified these horrors by calling lynching victims “fiends,” “brutes” or “ravishers,” leaving their guilt unquestioned. Lurid details of supposed rapes of white women by black men, often entirely fabricated, were recounted in Southern papers to justify, or even to incite, lynchings.
In a landmark move, The Montgomery Advertiser recently apologized for its role in justifying and promoting lynching. But many Northern papers were just as complicit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/opinion/northern-newspapers-lynchings.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Honored When Dead
An excerpt from the NY Times -
Earlier this year in the White House, Trump signed a proclamation for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and lauded him for his choice to “courageously stand up for civil rights of African-Americans.”
That is precisely what Colin Kaepernick and the N.F.L. players are doing, and they are condemned for it just like King was. In 1966, Gallup found that nearly two-thirds of Americans held an unfavorable view of him.
King wrote in his 1963 “Letter From Birmingham Jail”:
“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”
Again, this is what the players are doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/opinion/bull-connor-colin-kaepernick.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Earlier this year in the White House, Trump signed a proclamation for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and lauded him for his choice to “courageously stand up for civil rights of African-Americans.”
That is precisely what Colin Kaepernick and the N.F.L. players are doing, and they are condemned for it just like King was. In 1966, Gallup found that nearly two-thirds of Americans held an unfavorable view of him.
King wrote in his 1963 “Letter From Birmingham Jail”:
“You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?’ You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”
Again, this is what the players are doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/opinion/bull-connor-colin-kaepernick.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Brilliant
From Buzzfeed -
People Who Have Kids Will 100% Appreciate The Following 21 Inventions / Ideas
Just brilliant.
By Krista Torres
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/xx-things-only-people-with-kids-will-truly-appreciate?utm_term=.xn2L3maW7k#.pkrymv8QG4
People Who Have Kids Will 100% Appreciate The Following 21 Inventions / Ideas
Just brilliant.
By Krista Torres
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/xx-things-only-people-with-kids-will-truly-appreciate?utm_term=.xn2L3maW7k#.pkrymv8QG4
Sunday, June 10, 2018
The Village Idiot
Angela Merkel's office has released this photo taken today at the G7, which tells you a lot about how things went. pic.twitter.com/IXX6K3ayys— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 9, 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Bourdain Quotes
From Axios -
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody."
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
“I’ve never seen someone enjoy a cold beer on a little plastic stool more than President Obama.”
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-b378cfa7-b89c-49e0-b3a1-060f69f9c125.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top
"If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food. It's a plus for everybody."
“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
“I’ve never seen someone enjoy a cold beer on a little plastic stool more than President Obama.”
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-b378cfa7-b89c-49e0-b3a1-060f69f9c125.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top
Consider This
An AirBnB Rental in Tennessee -
https://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g55270-d11697413-A_Grand_View_5BR_Pigeon_Forge_Cabin_w_Hot_Tub-Pigeon_Forge_Tennessee.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g55270-d11697413-A_Grand_View_5BR_Pigeon_Forge_Cabin_w_Hot_Tub-Pigeon_Forge_Tennessee.html
Obama With Bourdain
“Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.” This is how I’ll remember Tony. He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown. We’ll miss him. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZM— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 8, 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Common Sense Teaching & Learning
From Upworthy -
http://www.upworthy.com/this-teacher-s-reaction-to-a-sleeping-student-has-gone-viral-for-all-the-right-reasons
Monday, June 4, 2018
Compassion Personified
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Former slave, on possible path to sainthood, to be entombed in Denver cathedral
By Meagan Flynn
On the streets of post-Civil War Denver, Julia Greeley was unmistakable as she stood at doorsteps of poor families in the middle of the night, pulling a red wagon behind her and wearing a floppy black hat. Because the former slave lost an eye as a child when she was whipped by a slave master in Hannibal, Mo., some people in Denver knew her as one-eyed Julia.
But most called her an angel of charity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/04/former-slave-on-possible-path-to-sainthood-to-be-entombed-in-denver-cathedral/?utm_term=.62c4ddda1e2c
Former slave, on possible path to sainthood, to be entombed in Denver cathedral
By Meagan Flynn
On the streets of post-Civil War Denver, Julia Greeley was unmistakable as she stood at doorsteps of poor families in the middle of the night, pulling a red wagon behind her and wearing a floppy black hat. Because the former slave lost an eye as a child when she was whipped by a slave master in Hannibal, Mo., some people in Denver knew her as one-eyed Julia.
But most called her an angel of charity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/04/former-slave-on-possible-path-to-sainthood-to-be-entombed-in-denver-cathedral/?utm_term=.62c4ddda1e2c
Partying at 45,000 Feet
An excerpt from The Wall Street Bloomberg -
What Do Kids Do on Private Jets?
In the race to court customers, VistaJet is producing six-figure play parties at 45,000 feet.
By Adrien Glover
Like everything else staged in the back eight seats of the Global 5000 Bombardier business jet—including games of dominoes and croquet—it’s part of an extravagant (and expensive) tea party produced at a turbulence-free 45,000 feet. Up in the front section of the plane, three adults sip Ruinart Blanc de Blanc Champagne while checking email, completely undisturbed by the action a few rows back. They can’t even hear the children’s squeals of delight when it comes time to eat the chocolate truffles they made themselves by hand.
Welcome to the world’s first official Alice in Wonderland adventure in the sky.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-01/the-latest-private-jet-amenity-is-a-theme-party-for-your-children?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
What Do Kids Do on Private Jets?
In the race to court customers, VistaJet is producing six-figure play parties at 45,000 feet.
By Adrien Glover
Like everything else staged in the back eight seats of the Global 5000 Bombardier business jet—including games of dominoes and croquet—it’s part of an extravagant (and expensive) tea party produced at a turbulence-free 45,000 feet. Up in the front section of the plane, three adults sip Ruinart Blanc de Blanc Champagne while checking email, completely undisturbed by the action a few rows back. They can’t even hear the children’s squeals of delight when it comes time to eat the chocolate truffles they made themselves by hand.
Welcome to the world’s first official Alice in Wonderland adventure in the sky.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-01/the-latest-private-jet-amenity-is-a-theme-party-for-your-children?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Quote
From the Huffington Post -
Renowned Economist Jeffrey Sachs Rips Trump As A Gibbering, ‘Delusional’ Threat
He calls for removal of the president using the 25th Amendment.
By Mary Papenfuss
“Trump is unwell and unfit to be president. He is a growing threat to the nation and the world.
“The emperor had no clothes. This president has no sense,” he concluded.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeffrey-sachs-slams-delusional-psychopathic-trump_us_5b11e510e4b0d5e89e1fc756?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
Renowned Economist Jeffrey Sachs Rips Trump As A Gibbering, ‘Delusional’ Threat
He calls for removal of the president using the 25th Amendment.
By Mary Papenfuss
“Trump is unwell and unfit to be president. He is a growing threat to the nation and the world.
“The emperor had no clothes. This president has no sense,” he concluded.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeffrey-sachs-slams-delusional-psychopathic-trump_us_5b11e510e4b0d5e89e1fc756?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
The First to Go
An excerpt from AXIOS -
Here's where jobs will be lost when robots drive trucks
By Lazaro Gamio, Gerald Rich, David McCabe
Truck drivers will be some of the first people to lose jobs as automation technology spreads.
https://www.axios.com/heres-where-jobs-will-be-lost-when-robots-drive-trucks-1513300554-58297c36-0cfb-4675-b3cd-9454d932ebbb.html
Here's where jobs will be lost when robots drive trucks
By Lazaro Gamio, Gerald Rich, David McCabe
https://www.axios.com/heres-where-jobs-will-be-lost-when-robots-drive-trucks-1513300554-58297c36-0cfb-4675-b3cd-9454d932ebbb.html
A Talented Slimeball
🚨 EAGLE HOLE-OUT FOR @TIGERWOODS! 🚨— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 1, 2018
... and the crowd goes WILD.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/zVNvgJmmRA
Friday, June 1, 2018
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