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Attorney General Loretta Lynch: “This is about the dignity and respect we accord our fellow citizens”

May 10, 2016 JanF 4

On Monday afternoon, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the filing of a lawsuit against the State of North Carolina to block enforcement of an ordinance that violates the civil rights of state employees under Title […]

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President Obama on the presidency: “This is a really serious job … this is not entertainment”

May 7, 2016 JanF 7

The weekly White House post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House President Obama spoke on Friday about the state of the […]

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President Obama in Flint: “This should not have happened”

May 5, 2016 JanF 4

President Obama Speaks to Community Members in Flint, MI President Obama: I do think that part of what contributed to this crisis was a broader mindset, a bigger attitude, a corrosive attitude that exists in […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – It’s Time for the Senate To Do Its Job

April 30, 2016 JanF 6

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President repeated […]

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First Lady Michelle Obama: “The surest path to progress here in America runs straight through the voting booth”

April 26, 2016 JanF 9

Over the weekend, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the graduating class and guests at Jackson State University, an historically black university in Jackson, Mississippi. (Jackson State University YouTube: Michelle Obama’s Speech at 2016 JSU Spring […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Building a Fairer and More Effective Criminal Justice System

April 23, 2016 JanF 9

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]

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On researching Black and Brown communities

April 19, 2016 Denise Velez 3

Dr. Yasser Arafat Payne, Social-Personality Psychologist and Associate Professor of Black American Studies at the University of Delaware. As more and more issues affecting communities of color, like police violence, and incarceration are highlighted in […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Ensuring Our Free Market Works for Everyone

April 16, 2016 JanF 4

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]

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President Obama: “I’m not here just to say we SHOULD close the wage gap. I’m here to say we WILL close the wage gap.”

April 13, 2016 JanF 6

On Tuesday, President Obama spoke at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Museum to commemorate Equal Pay Day. President Obama: Equal pay for equal work should be a fundamental principle of our economy. It’s the idea […]

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President Obama: “Republicans in the Senate have decided that placating their base is more important than upholding their constitutional and institutional roles.”

April 8, 2016 JanF 5

Yesterday, President Obama visited with some students and faculty at the University of Chicago Law School where he once taught constitutional law. The purpose of the visit was to discuss his nomination of Chief Judge […]

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The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]

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An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]
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Later today, we mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]

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