Author Archives: Michael-Patrick Harrington

Art Rupe

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RIP Art Rupe

Art Rupe, Specialty Records Founder Who Helped Shape Rock Music, Dead at 104
Rock Hall-inducted label head released classics like Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti,” Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and Larry Williams’ “Dizzy Mi…

More nonsense from Florida

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This is nuts. This is where we’re heading as a country.
 
Florida rejects 41% of new math textbooks, citing critical race theory among its reasons
The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year’s curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections.


Book banning

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More book banning news…
 
Analysis: Book bans move to center stage in the red-state education wars
The escalating red-state efforts to ban more books mark a new stage in the struggle to control the educational experience of America’s kaleidoscopically diverse younger generations.

Karens unite

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These Republicans are all about hate. They went from playing to the Christian Right to playing to Trump’s base. You can just hear the Karens revving their engines for the next school board meeting.

The Awful Cost of the GOP’s War on Trans Teens
It doesn’t matter if they don’t pass — bans on medical care for trans youth are already risking lives. Just look at Texas

Free Brittney

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Free Brittney
 
Russian court extends US basketball star Brittney Griner’s arrest until May 19, reports TASS
A Moscow court announced it has extended the arrest of American basketball star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to Russian state news agency TASS.