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Saturday, February 24, 2018

The Woman Who Went from Homeless to Harvard Has Started a Family of Her ...

What Commutes Look Like Around the World

The Hidden Formula Behind Almost Every Joke on Late Night

These Postcards Tell a Story

From the NY Times -

https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/2018/02/24/race-related?nlid=38867499

The Dismantling of a Legacy

An excerpt from Politico -

Billy Graham Built a Movement. Now His Son Is Dismantling It.
If you want to understand the evangelical decline in the United States, look no further than the transition from Billy to Franklin Graham.
By STEPHEN PROTHERO

The qualities of temper and judgment that made Billy Graham so singularly successful are almost entirely lacking in his son, who now imperils his father’s legacy. Thanks to Franklin Graham and his cronies on the Religious Right, American evangelicalism has now become first and foremost a political rather than a spiritual enterprise. The life of Billy Graham helped build it up. And his death may well have ensured its demise.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/24/billy-graham-evangelical-decline-franklin-graham-217077?cid=apn

Cartoons

From The NIB -

Four Cartoonists on Their Favorite Unsung Black History Heroes
by The Response

https://thenib.com/black-history-response

Armed With the Truth

We cannot afford to ignore the truth about what is happening in our country. What is truly frightening is the number of people who refuse to make decisions based upon facts. It is a fact that families sent their loved ones to school and now they are planning funerals. It is a fact that futures were ended when they were just beginning. It is a fact that too many students have lost their lives in a space where they are supposed to be educated and protected. It is a fact that too many people in power are not using that power to bring about the necessary changes that could prevent things like this from happening. Far too many bullets claim our students in the streets for them to claim our students in school, too. We don’t need rhetoric when reality is working overtime. #ArmMeWith the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. • • • • • #education #teacher #teachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #iteachtoo #teacherspayteachers #tpt #englishteacher #highschool #blackteachersrock #blackboyjoy #thedapperteacher #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #armmewith
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[OFFICIAL VIDEO] HAVANA - PENTATONIX

Freeze! NZ Police’s most entertaining recruitment video, yet!

Friday, February 23, 2018

Xtreme Hip Hop with Phil: Bet you can't do it

Night and Day

From the Washington Post -

Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices.
By Marc Fisher and Sari Horwitz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-and-trump-born-to-wealth-raised-to-lead-then-sharply-different-choices/2018/02/22/ad50b7bc-0a99-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.c2f49103cdf1