Black History Month: Honoring Charlotte Hawkins Brown
In 1902, Charlotte Hawkins Brown built a preparatory school near Greensboro, NC which helped transform "the lives of more than 2,000 African American students."
Stop and think before sharing
When something seems too good or too bad to be true, it probably isn’t. How to decide whether you should share that emotional story, image or video? First, you have to stop and think.
Minority Whip Scalise falsely claimed Speaker Pelosi targeted Mia Love
"I’ve noticed that when female members run on the Republican side, Nancy Pelosi will spend a lot more money — in many cases twice as much more — to defeat Republican female candidates and incumbents."
Politico buried that quote from Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) last week in its short story about GOP efforts to recruit women for 2020, led by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
Rachel Maddow, on the other hand, used it to publish a clickbait blog post: Pelosi bears responsibility for party’s lack of diversity. [No I won't link to that damn headline.]
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