Tag: The Washington Post

#ICYMI Do Yourself a Favor and Check Out Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List

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On Twitter, 45 accuses blacks of racism 3Xs as often

LINK: The Twitter President

Obama’s Science Diaspora Prepares For a Fight

Read at The Washington Post.

Henrietta Lacks’s Family Wants Compensation For Her Cells #BlackHistoryMonth

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Henrietta Lacks circa 1945–1951

This 1940s photo made available by the family shows Henrietta Lacks. In 1951, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancerous cells from Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Source: Wikipedia

More Than 1.8 Million Teens are Reading Books by Text Messages Thanks to This Start-up

Read all about it at The Washington Post.

Prerna Gupta and Parag Chordia launched their company, Telepathic, a year ago with an application called Hooked.

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Harassment on social media is the rule, not the exception, for many women & people of color.

LINK: Mikki Kendall: Banning Leslie Jones’s trolls won’t change a thing — hate is still the norm online

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Raúl Treviño illustrates comic book about Mexico’s cartel violence

LINK: The art that drives “Sombra” springs from Treviño’s personal experiences

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‘1979 Revolution’ tells the story of the Iranian Revolution in video game form

Developed & Published by iNK Stories for PC

Alex Segura, comics and mystery novels

LINK: With new book, this creator is balancing his split identity in publishing

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Noma Dumezweni cast as Hermione Granger, Internet Rejoices

LINK: JK Rowling: “Brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified.”

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