Saturday, May 13, 2017
Still Happening
An excerpt from the Root -
Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
By Breanna Edwards
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the same hairstyle almost every little black girl has had at least once). And parents are upset.
According to the Boston Globe, Colleen Cook, whose twin 15-year-old daughters, Deanna and Mya, attend the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, have been subject to several detentions since last week and now could actually be suspended from school over their hairstyle.
http://www.theroot.com/mass-charter-school-students-sent-to-detention-banned-1795173513
Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
By Breanna Edwards
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the same hairstyle almost every little black girl has had at least once). And parents are upset.
According to the Boston Globe, Colleen Cook, whose twin 15-year-old daughters, Deanna and Mya, attend the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, have been subject to several detentions since last week and now could actually be suspended from school over their hairstyle.
http://www.theroot.com/mass-charter-school-students-sent-to-detention-banned-1795173513
Friday, May 12, 2017
We Need His Calmness Now More Than Ever
From the Huffington Post -
Happy Little You Can Now Surf Random Bob Ross Videos Online, Forever
You never have to choose between Bob Ross videos ever again.
By Priscilla Frank
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/random-bob-ross-videos_us_5914ce4ce4b0fe039b33549e?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Happy Little You Can Now Surf Random Bob Ross Videos Online, Forever
You never have to choose between Bob Ross videos ever again.
By Priscilla Frank
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/random-bob-ross-videos_us_5914ce4ce4b0fe039b33549e?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Patti's Cinnamon Crumb Cake Recipe
From Entertainment Weekly -
Celebrate Mother's Day with Patti LaBelle's cinnamon crumb cake
It’s soul sweetening
By RUTH KINANE
Ingredients:
For the cake:
1,1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. table salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
For the streusel topping:
1,1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
http://ew.com/books/2017/05/12/mothers-day-patti-labelle-cinnamon-crumb-cake-recipe/?xid=email-email-ewbooks-20170512PM-tout3
Celebrate Mother's Day with Patti LaBelle's cinnamon crumb cake
It’s soul sweetening
By RUTH KINANE
Ingredients:
For the cake:
1,1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. table salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
For the streusel topping:
1,1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
http://ew.com/books/2017/05/12/mothers-day-patti-labelle-cinnamon-crumb-cake-recipe/?xid=email-email-ewbooks-20170512PM-tout3
President Rock?
An excerpt from GQ -
Dwayne Johnson for President!
BY CAITY WEAVER
The cold, hard truth is that if Donald Trump can be elected president, Dwayne Johnson can be elected president. Easily. He probably has better odds of winning an election than Trump, and Trump did win, so what does that tell you? If anything, Trump's election proved that celebrities can just dive right in—they don't even have to make a pit stop as governor of California before the presidency.
“If [becoming the president] is something he focused on,” says Ron Meyer, the NBCUniversal vice chairman, “he probably would accomplish it. I think there's nothing that he couldn't do.”
http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover
Dwayne Johnson for President!
BY CAITY WEAVER
The cold, hard truth is that if Donald Trump can be elected president, Dwayne Johnson can be elected president. Easily. He probably has better odds of winning an election than Trump, and Trump did win, so what does that tell you? If anything, Trump's election proved that celebrities can just dive right in—they don't even have to make a pit stop as governor of California before the presidency.
“If [becoming the president] is something he focused on,” says Ron Meyer, the NBCUniversal vice chairman, “he probably would accomplish it. I think there's nothing that he couldn't do.”
http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover
Unforgiven
http://www.salon.com/2017/05/12/watch-unforgiven-casts-spotlight-on-americas-6-1-million-forgotten-voters/?source=newsletter
Young, Gifted & Black 14-Year-Old Physics Graduate
From the Huffington Post -
This 14-Year-Old Is Already Graduating College With A Physics Degree
Oh, and his 11-year-old brother is also a freshman at the university.
By Lilly Workneh
While most 14-year-old students are about to enter high school, Carson Huey-You is ready to graduate from Texas Christian University with a physics degree.
Carson, who also completed a double minor in math and Chinese, enrolled in the school as a freshman at the age of 11 and is set to graduate Saturday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-14-year-old-is-already-graduating-college-with-a-physics-degree_us_59148dcae4b066b421720e2f?kjh
This 14-Year-Old Is Already Graduating College With A Physics Degree
Oh, and his 11-year-old brother is also a freshman at the university.
By Lilly Workneh
While most 14-year-old students are about to enter high school, Carson Huey-You is ready to graduate from Texas Christian University with a physics degree.
Carson, who also completed a double minor in math and Chinese, enrolled in the school as a freshman at the age of 11 and is set to graduate Saturday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-14-year-old-is-already-graduating-college-with-a-physics-degree_us_59148dcae4b066b421720e2f?kjh
Planet-Saving Inventions
From CNN -
5 cool inventions that could save the planet
By Tricia Escobedo
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/tech/ecosolutions-5-ways-tech/index.html
5 cool inventions that could save the planet
By Tricia Escobedo
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/tech/ecosolutions-5-ways-tech/index.html
Thursday, May 11, 2017
He's a Lousy Poker Player
From the NY Times -
The Easy Tells of Comey’s Canning
By Bret Stephens
Tell: After the president publicly impugned his own F.B.I. director, it meant Rosenstein’s memo was a pro forma, pretextual exercise.
Tell: When the president boasts about his great campaign, you know he’s less than sure about just how great it really was.
Tell: When the president calls news “fake” or a story “phony,” you know the truth quotient is likely to be high. And, again, you know he knows you know it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/comey-firing-donald-trump.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
The Easy Tells of Comey’s Canning
By Bret Stephens
Tell: After the president publicly impugned his own F.B.I. director, it meant Rosenstein’s memo was a pro forma, pretextual exercise.
Tell: When the president boasts about his great campaign, you know he’s less than sure about just how great it really was.
Tell: When the president calls news “fake” or a story “phony,” you know the truth quotient is likely to be high. And, again, you know he knows you know it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/comey-firing-donald-trump.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
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