Friday, October 01, 2021

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Have You Heard

  • History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing

    Tweet#121 History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing The claim that standardized testing has racist – even eugenicist – roots is oft repeated these days. But is it true? In an episode guaranteed to please no one, friend of...

    8 days ago

  • How Pronouns Became Landmines: The Conservative War on Trans Youth

    TweetThe culture wars found a new target in 2021: trans youth. More than 100 laws were proposed to restrict the rights of trans individuals, especially kids. In this episode of Have You Heard, we’re joined by teacher, trans activist and co-host...

    23 days ago

  • The Impact of HBCU-Trained Teachers on Black Student Achievement

    TweetBlack students who are taught by teachers who attended an Historically Black College or University or HBCU fare better than their peers. That’s what Lavar Edmonds found as he dug into a trove of data from North Carolina schools. More...

    a month ago

Chicago Boyz

  • Paying for Biden’s Dreams

    President Biden says, in connection with his ‘infrastructure’ plan, that “We’re going to pay for everything we spend.” Actually, it’s you that would pay for this proposed spending.  Exactly how much you would pay, and what...

    2 days ago

  • Chicagoboyz Waiting Room Series: 37

    3 days ago

  • An Extraordinary Woman

    She was born to privilege and a degree of wealth, at the turn of the last century – Muriel Morris, an heiress of the Swift meatpacking fortune, and by most accounts conflicted over that circumstance. Like a scattering of her peers in the debutant...

    5 days ago

Centinel2012

The BRAD BLOG

  • DeFeating, DeLeting DeSantis: 'BradCast' 10/1/2021

    It's NICOLE SANDLER, back today to guest host the BradCast. If you didn't already know, I live in Florida (or as I refer to it, FloriDUH!). The biggest priority for me in the 2022 midterm elections is getting rid of the mini Trump Ron DeSantis...

    4 hours ago

  • Dem 'Sausage Making' Becomes 'Logjam': 'BradCast' 9/30/2021

    Hopefully today's BradCast is at least slightly less chaotic than Capitol Hill right now. We do our best to help you make sense of the Democrats' attempts to move four critical bills through to law, as they all come due at about the same time, and...

    a day ago

  • 'Green News Report' - September 30, 2021

    IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: California gas company agrees to nearly $2 billion settlement after largest methane leak in U.S. history; 23 species dropped from the U.S. endangered list because they're officially extinct; Poll shows dramatic...

    a day ago

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BlackListed News

Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • The Artist Collective That Brings Heavy Metal Fever Dreams to Life

    A dozen or so workbenches occupy a roughly 2,000-square-foot space in downtown Richmond, Virginia. They’re covered with neatly arranged tools and safety gear: jigsaws, scalpels, grinders, palm sanders, airbrushes, gloves, and goggles...

    5 hours ago

  • Welcome to Atlas Obscura's Fright Club!

    We at Atlas Obscura make no effort to hide how much we love the month of October. It gives us an excuse—not that we need one—to partake in a few of our favorite indulgences: the macabre, the supernatural, the sweet. More than that, it gives...

    6 hours ago

  • Spitz Clock in Santa Fe, New Mexico

    When the Spitz Jewelry Store opened its doors in 1881, a giant pocket watch was the ideal advertising ploy. Would-be customers could spot the massive timepiece from a far away, but there was just one problem—it didn't actually tell time...

    7 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Musical interlude

    CHVRCHES & Robert Smith - How Not to Drown

    5 hours ago

  • Friday Morning Links

    Assorted content to end your week.- Anand Giridharadas writes about the dangers of letting political discussions become primarily a matter of process and personalities, rather than the real impact decisions have on people's lives. -...

    11 hours ago

  • Thursday Morning Truth and Reconciliation Day Links

    A few links and reports for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.- Rose Lemay writes that reconciliation requires systemic change at the level of individual assumptions and awareness. Murray Sinclair notes that the proclamation...

    a day ago
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