Blackness
Year: 2016
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Spring is in the air …
At the beginning of February, when the earth appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and above us in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 31st through Feb. 6th
Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]
Election 2016
President Obama: “We will win because we focus on the things that matter in the lives of the American people”
President Obama spoke at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Baltimore Maryland on Thursday. Tonight, I have an announcement to make about the presidential race: Democrats will win in November and we will have a […]
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Giving Every Student an Opportunity to Learn Through Computer Science For All
The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]
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A Muslim Migration: Somalis in Maine
Sahro Hassan, a young Somali Muslim immigrant to Maine who is designing fashions There are parts of the United States that I think of as populated by white folks. With the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 24th through Jan. 30th
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Affordable Care Act is Making a Difference for Millions of Americans
The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]
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This is what Diplomacy looks like
Yesterday evening, the State Department announced that Iran had met the conditions required by last summer’s nuclear proliferation agreement and that sanctions would be lifted. Here are the details, from Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz: […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 17th through Jan. 23rd
Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]