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Harris: And when the weather dropped down to 58 degrees this weekend, how did you cope? Man: I just made sure all the windows were shut. Harris: And what about your pets? Were they outside? What happened? Man: Well, the cats were out till around ten. When it got a little too cold for ‘em, they came in. Harris (to camera): The cats were out until around ten, but it got a little too cold them and they came in. Well, that’s how L.A. coped with that surprise low of 58 degrees that turned th...

Agriculture Department nominee Tom Vilsack wants to assure minority farmers and the senators who will vote on his confirmation that he will work on racism.

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — President Joe Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack to lead the Agriculture Department received a chilly reaction from many Black farmers who contend he didn’t do enough to help them the last time he had the job. Vilsack, a former Iowa governor who served eight years as

Three days before Christmas, Tom Vilsack, President Joe Bidens pick for U.S. agriculture secretary, convened a videoconference with nine prominent civil rights activists and advocates for Black farmers.

February 4, 2021 - 5:00pm Investments in higher education in prison provide hope for a second chance in life, help reduce recidivism, increase prosocial behaviors, and break the cycle of poverty. To investigate the transformational power of prison education programs, Western Nevada College (WNC) will be joined by “College Behind Bars” film director Lynn Novick, Bard Prison Initiative alumnus Dyjuan Tatro, Nevada Second Assistant Attorney General Christine Brady a...

Didn’t inform Black farmers of programs that could improve their farmland. Meanwhile, white farmers had few of these problems, Wright says.  “That’s because of the local control, at the county level. You almost need to eliminate the county committees and local controls. Agriculture’s unique for that kind of county control, which sounds good for some folks. But not Black folk,” says Wright, who has since retired. “Local control is good, providing that you have a system of oversi...

Biden’s secretary of agriculture has an iffy past with minority farmers. By 2/2/2021 Lloyd Wright was hopeful Tom Vilsack would advance the plight of Black farmers during his eight-year run as USDA secretary from 2009 to 2017.  Wright, though, says he was wrong, and he fears Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of Agriculture, is likely to continue that agency’s legacy of discrimination against Black farmers. “He might turn out to be an excellent ...

February 4, 2021 - 5:00pm Investments in higher education in prison provide hope for a second chance in life, help reduce recidivism, increase prosocial behaviors, and break the cycle of poverty. To investigate the transformational power of prison education programs, Western Nevada College (WNC) will be joined by “College Behind Bars” film director Lynn Novick, Bard Prison Initiative alumnus Dyjuan Tatro, Nevada Second Assistant Attorney General Christine Brady a...

Please Help the US by not pirating. The DWG problem. “Police in Russia said on Wednesday they were searching for thieves who plundered technical equipment from a top-secret military aircraft.” Have you heard of the myth about a man who found the blueprints of a F18 Hornet and sold them on ebay? Why is this illegal? It is just paper? Is not the drafting or the drawing but the engineering techniques found in it that is worth money. How much does Autodesk make in revenue? US$3.27 billion (2...

If only Frank Lloyd Wright could have lived to see the era of condos by the beach. The 3400-square-foot townhouse at 195 Cherry Avenue is billed as the first of three newly-constructed, “Frank Lloyd Wright inspired” condominium units erected last year, just a block inland from Tamarack Beach in Carlsbad. According to listing materials retrieved from Zillow, this “iconic masterpiece” was “built as a luxury legacy to last a lifetime.” “A private entrance to a brownstone staircase le...