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Jeopardy category is: Reparations for victims of U.S. capitalism
April 22, 2021A House bill to study reparations for slavery, H.R. 40, resurfaced in committee this April and is dusting up old debates about how much is owed, to whom, and who should pay.
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Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’: A beloved piece of music for children
April 19, 2021This musical fairy tale, just under half an hour in length, is a surprisingly successful example of Socialist Realism, the newly promoted Soviet esthetic of the 1930s.
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NEH Announces $24 million for 225 humanities projects nationwide
April 15, 2021Grant awards support the preservation of historical collections, humanities exhibitions and documentaries, scholarly research, and curriculum projects.
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Right-wing policy continues to destroy Ukraine
April 14, 2021The NATO and the U.S. backed coup government in Kiev are destroying the country as it endangers world peace.
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Guiomar’s story: Putting Paulo Freire’s philosophy of literacy into practice
April 8, 2021When Guiomar Albuquerque was 13 years old, she began to teach fishermen in the Ilha do Maruim (Mosquito Island) favela of Olinda how to read and write.
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