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Daily Archives: July 3, 2020
With Pro Football Hall of Fame Voters So White, Members Call for Diversity
A deep, underground, and uniquely American fault line shifted when Minnesota police murdered George Floyd. His killing shook this country to its historically racist core. Slowly, a subsection of our country is starting to hear and contemplate what minorities have been saying all along — the institutions in this…Read more…
Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club Is Perfectly Nostalgic Even For First Time Fans
Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club Is Perfectly Nostalgic Even For First Time Fans
When a Farewell Season Was Wiped Out, the Outfield Became a Diner
This was supposed to be the Pawtucket Red Sox’s final season in Rhode Island before moving to Massachusetts. Without any games for fans to attend, the team got creative.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ and Disney +: A Timeline
Disney+ is streaming a live-capture film of “Hamilton.” It’s just the latest chapter in a deepening relationship between the company and the musical’s creator.
Ukraine’s parliament accepts chief banker’s resignation
Ukraine’s parliament has accepted the resignation of the country’s top banker, who has stepped down citing political pressure
European Workers Draw Paychecks. American Workers Scrounge for Food.
In the pandemic, the United States has relied on expanded unemployment benefits, while European governments have subsidized wages, avoiding a surge in joblessness.
Convictions of violent cops who kill Black people prove elusive. Dallas is becoming an exception
Nationwide, police officers who kill unarmed Black people often are not charged, but Dallas County appears to be an outlier.
Africa: Pump or Dump? With Oil in Decline, Africa Ponders Its Energy Future
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As COVID-19 bashes economies and demand for oil plummets, is this a moment to think green – or pump faster?
Urban Meyer named Big Ten Network’s Coach of the Decade | CFB on FOX
Urban Meyer reacts to being named Big Ten Coach of the Decade by the Big Ten Network and reflects on some of his favorite Ohio State memories and what he misses most about coaching in the Big Ten.
A Beverly Hills Hotel, Bought With Looted Money, Goes on Sale
The Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills was owned by a fugitive financier involved in a $2.5 billion fraud. Interested? It’ll cost north of $100 million.
Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers
Listen to how artists have explored what it means — and could mean — to be American.
What’s New on Netflix Canada This Week: July 3rd, 2020
A busy start to July with 79 new additions to the Netflix Canada library. There are lots of exciting new Originals and licensed content for you to binge on, so here’s what’s new on Netflix…
France returns remains of Algerian anti-colonial fighters
After decades in a French museum, the skulls of 24 Algerians who fought French colonial forces were formally repatriated to Algeria on Friday
The Washington Football Team Finally Admits Its Name Might Need a Re-Think
Team ownership had previously vowed never to change its offensive mascot, but is under mounting corporate pressure.
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