The Way the World Works
The Staten Island Zoo is weathering a storm of controversy over the prediction made by its resident groundhog, Staten Island Chuck, on Feb. 2 an annual event at the zoo. Chuck popped up on a Facebook livestream at the designated hour, on the designated day, but something seemed . off. After hours of accumulating snow in the New York area, the
New York Post reported, Chuck was seen to emerge into bright sunlight with no snow on the ground, his handlers wearing sweatshirts. So there ya have it, folks, we re gonna have an early spring, announced zoo executive director Ken Mitchell. Viewers weren t fooled, one commenting, Welppp, this isn t live. Previous Groundhog Day celebrations at the zoo have also raised a ruckus. In 2014, a stand-in groundhog named Charlotte died after being dropped by Mayor Bill de Blasio, and in 2009 Chuck bit Mayor Mike Bloomberg s finger.
Tanner Humanities Lecture: A Conversation With Martha S. Jones
February is Black History Month, but even those of us who grew up learning a few names of notable historical African-Americans probably can t come up with a female name beyond Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. The history of Black women in America has been a history of struggle against two cultural obstacles to equality race
and sex. And even as the 2020 election elevated the significance of Black women as a game-changing voting bloc, and made Stacey Abrams a figure of national importance, that reality wasn t possible without the work of many mostly-forgotten pioneers.
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Ten months ago, in April 2020, Norbert Bueno was busy starting a brand-new musical endeavor in the face of the pandemic. It will take some time before people feel comfortable going out to large gatherings, he said at the time. New ideas and forms of entertainment will rise.
And rise they have. Social Antidote has, over the past year, grown a musical model that not only offers high-quality production opportunities to local artists, but expands on the very limits of visual production.
Bueno and his fellow Social Antidote collaborators Vice President Brianna Ray, Secretary and Treasurer Mychael Johnson, and Fat Fish Media friends Molly Cook and Isaac Gonzales wanted a way to still give a stage to their folks in the music scene, safely. And so what started out as well-lit, well-produced live stream sets of local artists put together by the budding Social Antidote has since bec
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Mike Lee is a strict constitutionalist, just like Christians are strict interpreters of the Bible . until they are confronted with parts they don t like.
Charles Palmer
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We are talking about the man who ran on a platform on fiscal responsibility, but his campaign slogan was I m opposed to paying back the debt we owe!
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The people of Utah consistently pick their own worst embarrassment. Then they vote him into office, so he can embarrass them before the entire world.
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