Meet Joan Nalubega, the woman fighting malaria in Uganda with homemade soap.

"High Heel Sneakers" cover by Tim Clarke Soul-tet youtu.be/DyrsmGdGDZA via YouTube

Muslims are helping the Jewish community by raising funds for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

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I think with a lot of high hopes crashing for Democratic voters in places like Florida and with Beto, there is maybe a drastic underappreciation of how Democratic control of the House will change the course of this country. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very big deal.

With their advanced communication abilities, "dogs are doing something similar to great apes, but they’re doing it across species." on.natgeo.com/2DSwNDz

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Despite what Trump has claimed, not a single mile of an extended wall has been built on the U.S.-Mexico border so far. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

It took me 3 years and restarting many times, but I finally finished "The Iliad". Turns out audiobook is the way to go with that epic.

Soul Jazz Saturday at Club 861 with the Tim Clarke Soul-tet!!!

"The dancing mother goes into hiding, but three years later, on a spring Saturday, when I am eleven, my father and I blunder into the place where she once lived. I don’t think my mother meant us to see it." @dylanlandis Michele Filgate Simon & Schuster longreads.com/2019/04/24/doe…

ALA denounces the ebook lending model announced today by Macmillan Publishers. ala.org/news/press-rel… "Macmillan Publishers' new model for library ebook lending will make it difficult for libraries to fulfill our central mission: ensuring access to information for all." — Wanda Brown

For all my READERS: Barnes & Noble is having a 50% off on their site, plus most items are even marked up to 75% off PLUS on ebates it’s 2% cash back ... Nice time to stock up on books

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Can you pass this literacy test? Louisiana gave this test to Black people in the 1960s to prevent them from voting. They had 10 minutes to complete 30 questions like these, and one wrong answer meant failure. #BlackHistoryMonth

Hey did you know that if you're allergic to poison oak/ivy, you're also allergic to mangos? My face is a mess! ✌

BREAKING: The Bureau of Indian Affairs today told the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe that the Secretary of the Interior has ordered that their reservation be disestablished and their land be taken out of trust.  mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/news/2020/3/27…