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Starbucks Wants to Help Its Workers Get an Affordable College Degree
A gig at Starbucks might be the newest route to an affordable college degree. Under a new plan announced by the coffee giant, Starbucks will make its 135,000 U.S. employees eligible for significant tuition reimbursement for credits earned through the… Continue reading
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George Washington Had Teeth That Actually Were Yanked From The Heads Of His Slaves And Fitted Into His Dentures
Although George Washington considered his enslaved black workers unworthy of proper clothing (among other items), he certainly found their teeth quite worthy, so much so that he replaced a number of his unhealthy teeth with their healthy teeth, to his… Continue reading
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Police Departments Gearing up for War at Home
Congress created the military-transfer program in the early 1990s, when violent crime plagued America’s cities and the police felt outgunned by drug gangs. Today, crime has fallen to its lowest levels in a generation, the wars have wound down, and… Continue reading
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The Reality of College Statistics – UnCollege
Even if you do everything you’re supposed to, there are so many variables at play, many of which you can’t control… The influence of any one of them can void the value of college for you. What you can control… Continue reading
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Miss American Dream — Matter — Medium
Britney sat there with a polite, blank expression. This is the job, right? She knows there’s a lot she has to do so that she can continue to do the thing that she loves. You can’t just sing and dance… Continue reading
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What Matters to Adrian Chen This Week — Matter — Medium
The last word of @everyword Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “It began as kind of a snarky stunt—a parody of (what I perceived to be) the needless verbosity of Twitter,” Parrish told me back in 2011. “’You like posting words on… Continue reading
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The Future of Technology Isn’t Just a Rich Man’s Game – SERIOUS WONDER
While many still fear of a wealth gap in technology, history shows a different story for our future! – B.J. Murphy for Serious Wonder See on www.seriouswonder.com Continue reading
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What Warner Bros/DC Comics Is Planning At Comic-Con In July – NikkiFinke.com
We know that Warner Bros Pictures is way behind Marvel Studios when it comes to making movies out of its comic book properties. But I have intel on what is coming up at this July’s Comic-Con from the studio. A lot of stuff remains in… Continue reading
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#DontNeedFixin, #DontNeedStonin
As I pointed out earlier today, Oklahoma Tea Party candidate Scott Esk favors stoning LGBTQ to death… you know, like God tells us to do in the Old Testament. Last week, the Texas Republican party decided to add to its… Continue reading
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Hubble finds mysterious disk of blue stars around a black hole
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have identified the source of a mysterious blue light surrounding a supermassive black hole in our neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Though the light has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade, the… Continue reading
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