#Laura Wilkerson

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2000s things that are Curly Shepard coded:

Fox racing brand, BMX bikes, flare-to-black skinny jeans, Vans shoes, Warped Tour, Green Day, Scooby Doo fruit snacks (espeically the blue ones) Rodrick Heffley--Reese Wilkerson older brother mentality, Adult Swim, Windows vista, Eminem, cracked black slider phone, Mtn Dew code red, detention slips, smells like cigarettes, cheap gas station soap or Ponyboy's house.

anon im gonna scream at this,,,dont make me bring up my 2000s au,,,dont bring that beast side of me out,,

but ponyboy michael curtis

u wouldve loved being on flickr and taking/looking at pictures and a good chunk of them would feature him while he was hanging out w curly

AND AND curly wouldve been those guys who r like “gamings for nerds” BUT he had like a handful of games that he would actually play and had some video game magazines just bc they looked cool and had some pics of laura croft on them

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TV Guide  -  July 13 - 19, 1963

Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018)  Traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits like "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady) and "I Have But One Heart"

In April 1949 he made his television debut on The Morey Amsterdam Show performing Cole Porter's "So in Love". In January 1950 he made his first of several guest appearances on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town, including a duet, the first of many, with the vocalist and future TV hostess Dinah Shore. Over the next 30 years he became a regular featured guest performer on every major variety series on network television. Among the programs on which he appeared are All Star Revue, Texaco Star Theatre with Milton Berle, The Arthur Murray Party, What's My Line?, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Steve Allen Show, The Perry Como Show, The Bell Telephone Hour, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret, The Jack Paar Program, The Red Skelton Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Dean Martin Show, Hullabaloo, Mickie Finn's, The Danny Thomas Hour, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Della, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and several Bob Hope television specials.

Damone did limited acting on television in the early 1960s. He played Stan Skylar in the 1960 episode "Piano Man" of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He was cast as Jess Wilkerson in the 1961 episode "The Proxy" of the ABC Western series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. In 1962, he played the crooner Ric Vallone in the episode "Like a Sister" on the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, during which he sang "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". In the summers of 1962 and 1963, Damone hosted a television variety series on NBC called The Lively Ones, which showcased current jazz, pop, and folk performers, as well as comedians. (Wikipedia)

Quinn O'Hara (January 3, 1941 – May 5, 2017), born Alice Jones.  Film and television actress.

O'Hara was crowned Miss Scotland in a beauty contest held in Long Beach in 1960. In April 1963, photographer Gene Lester introduced O'Hara to singer-actor Fabian; they became a couple for a time in the 1960s. In 1969, she was chosen on The Dating Game and went on a chaperoned trip to Nepal.

O'Hara was a regular on The Lively Ones, a musical program that was broadcast on NBC television in the summers of 1962 and 1963. Her many television credits included appearances on Dragnet, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Saint, The Real McCoys, The Beverly Hillbillies, My Three Sons, CHiPs, T.J. Hooker, Trapper John M.D., Fantasy Island, Quincy M. E., and Dallas.  (Wikipedia)

Gloria Neil (born January 13, 1941) is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Beverly Hillbillies.  

She was first cast in the role of the effervescent "Melvin" in The Lively Ones, a summer replacement comedy/variety show starring Vic Damone. The Lively Ones aired on NBC from July 26, 1962 to September 12, 1963, before giving up its slot to the comedy Hazel. The show received Emmy nominations as Outstanding Musical Program and for Outstanding Electronic Camerawork both seasons it aired. This was followed by a 1964 episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in which she was cast as "Laura #2" alongside Mary Tyler Moore's Laura Petrie character and Rob Petrie, played by Dick Van Dyke.  (Wikipedia)

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AMERICA APPEARS HEADED FOR CIVIL WAR: THE CASTE

THE PILLAR OF THE CASTE ENSHRINED 1896 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WHERE EVER ITS FLAG SHALL REIGN Ms. Isabelle Wilkerson briefly describes the event, outlining: “The pillar of the caste was enshrined into law in the United States of America in 1896, after a New Orleans man challenge an 1890 Louisiana Law that separated “the white and colored races” in railroad cars.”……..Louisiana had passed the law after the collapse of Reconstruction and the return to power of the former Confederates.” (1) At this point a committee of citizens of color raised money to challenge the law in court and, “ on the appointed day June 7, 1892, Homer A. Plessy, a shoemaker of light complexion but was categorized as black under the American definition of race, bought a first-class ticket from New Orleans to Covington on the East Louisiana Rail Road and took a seat in the white-only car” …..the conductor ordered him to the colored car and when Plessy refused he was arrested as the committee had anticipated. His case went to the United States Supreme Court which rules seven to one in favor of Louisiana’s separate but equal law.” These actions of the Supreme Court set into fabric in all of American Society, including the Panama Canal Zone (Gold and Silver) seven decades of formal, state-territorial sanctioned isolation. The exclusion of one caste from the other in the United States and any land or territory its flag shall reign. (1) (see below video Pig Laws, developed to restrict the subordinated caste by Laura Coates Esq)

Norman J Clement is the owner of Pronto Pharmacy Tampa, Florida, and his group of Black Pharmacist who owned their Pharmacy are fighting and challenging the policies of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) redefining medical protocols, racial subordinate caste targeting, and the selective targeting of large Chain and the small family-owned pharmacy businesses (5) BY NORMAN J CLEMENT…

[thebookhavenblog]

Transformative Faith Stories to Inspire You

Table of Contents Enduring Through Adversity Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand Faith Awakenings The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton Out of a Far Country by Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan Lives Transformed by Mission Kisses from Katie by Katie…

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2022 book recs

Black Cake, Charmaine Wilkerson

Postcolonial Love Poem, Natalie Diaz

In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson with Reg Keeland (Translator)

The Chosen and the Beautiful, Nghi Vo

Ms Ice Sandwich, Mieko Kawakami with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

Firekeeper's Daughter, Angeline Boulley

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, Nghi Vo

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories, Mariana Enríquez with Megan McDowell (Translator)

The Silence of Bones, June Hur

The Queen of Water, María Virginia Farinango, Laura Resau

The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur

The Tiger's Wife, Téa Obreht

Parade: A Folktale, Hiromi Kawakami with Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw

If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio

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Read More 2023 Foodies

Fiction The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Romance For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts Don't Call Me Cupcake by Tara Sheets Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs The Cowboy Cookie Challenge by Lori Wilde

Mystery The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles by A.L. Herbert

Classics A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Young Adult Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Non-fiction Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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My Oc’s Voice actors Vol 1

After researching different female voices actress on who would voice act my oc’s because I need to pick the right person for them and I have pick them before but I needed new ideas so I pick through video games and other animes to find the right one. I’ll update them another day for fun and all

Tempest Storm- Japanese Asami Tan- English Kristi kang

Noir- Japanese- Miyuki Sawaashiro- English Lisle Wilkerson

Gizpunk- Japanese- Saeko Kamijo- English Celine miller

Daybreak- Japanese- Yuriko yamaguchi   English K.T. gray

Widow-Japanese-Yuu Kobayashi- English luci Christian 

Miss Shard- Japanese- Ryoka Yuzuki- English Laura post

Smokey- Japanese- Ayahi Takagaki- English Bonnie gordon

Miki Fujikawa-Japanese Maki kawase-English Jessica Straus

Namine Shozo-Japanese Rika Kinugawa- English Erika Haracher

Hotaru Kazami- Japanese- Minami Tanaka-English Carrie savage   

Taira Kojika- Japanese- Atsumi Tanezaki  English- Kausar Mohammed

I will add more later on and be sure to give this a like.

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Best books to read this month New York Times Best Sellers

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Jess has suspicions about her half-brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. MaasThe

 second book in the Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar must choose to fight or stay silent.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.

The Maid by Nita Prose

When a wealthy man is found dead in his room, a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes a lead suspect.

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

The Judge's List by John Grisham

The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

Miss Nan O’Dea becomes the mistress of Agatha Christie’s husband.

Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb

The 54th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas investigates a homicide and the disappearance of other women who resemble that victim.

The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

After a ship explodes, nine people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea.

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

Diana O’Toole re-evaluates her seemingly perfect life when a pandemic disrupts her vacation in the Galápagos Islands.

Nothing to Lose by J. A. Jance

The 25th book in the J.P. Beaumont series. Beaumont tracks a missing person in wintertime Alaska.

Caramel Pecan Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke

The 28th book in the Hannah Swensen mystery series. A TV show host turns up dead at a fishing competition.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.

Link to Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 

Eleanor Bennett’s inheritance for her two children challenges what they knew about their lineage and identity.

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2020 Reading Challenge Report

I really liked it last year when I made a spread in my journal with my best of books for 2019. So here’s my best of for 2020. 

I was WAY surprised that all my favorite books this year were non-fiction. That doesn't mean I didn’t read any good fiction this year, I definitely did. But the truly outstanding, five star books were all non-fiction. This is super weird for me because I never used to read non-fiction unless it was for school. But last year I made a deal with myself that I should have a non-fiction book as at least one of my books-in-progress at all times. I continued that rule this year and wow have I read some great stuff as a result. 

Metrics:

Total books read in 2020: 87 

If you remove all the books I read with kids, that’s 64. If you remove the books I read with kids and also graphic novels (which—despite being books, goddamn it—admittedly take a lot less time to read), I read 45 books this year.  I refuse to remove the audiobooks because that’s hella insulting.  Audiobooks are books.

One thing I noticed this year is that before I counted, I was under the impression that I had read a lot of books by Black authors this year, but I hadn't. In fact, it was far fewer than last year. I think part of what was internally confusing was that because two of my books were Caste and The Warmth of Other Suns, both substantial (in the thinking sense and the length sense), at any given time this year, I was reading at least one book by a Black author. So that skewed my thinking. Still, fewer than 10% Black authors is a poor metric.

Another thing I noticed was that cancelled plans for 10 months also means cancelled car trips (yay!) and cancelled audiobook listenings (boo!) So that cut into my total a bit, not listening to books as much with the kids. But I'm looking forward to lots more reading in the new year! Including finishing a bunch of books the kids and I are reading for school and tons of stuff for work. Because I like to have things going on every burner, there are 10 books in progress at the moment, about half of them for school. 

In case you might be interested, here’s my list, favorites in bold:

Non-Fiction (23)

Figuring, Maria Popova

Know My Name, Chanel Miller

*The Fire Never Goes Out, Noelle Stevenson

With Purpose and Principle, Edward Frost

Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson

Widening the Circle of Concern, COIC, UUA

Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, Andy Warner

Breaking and Blessing, Sean Parker Dennison

This Book is Anti-Racist, Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand

The Library Book, Susan Orlean

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, Jenn Shapland

Furious Hours, Casey Cep

Scrappy Little Nobody, Anna Kendrick

I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara

Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow

*Laika, Nick Abadzis

*First Year Out: A Transition Story, Sabrina Symington

* Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir, Maggie Thrash

*Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, Don Brown

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe

*A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities, Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg

*Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up, Heather Corinna, Isabella Rotman

Fiction (40)

*Heartstopper, vol 1&2, Alice Oseman

When the Tripods Came, John Christopher

Empty World, John Christopher

You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson

The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue

Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh

Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine Evaristo

*This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki

*Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

To Night Owl, From Dogfish, Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

* Almost American Girl, Robin Ha

Upright Women Wanted, Sarah Gailey

When We Were Magic, Sarah Gailey

Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, Olivia Waite

The Dreamers, Karen Thompson Walker

The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Less, Andrew Sean Greer

*Drama, Raina Telgemeier

The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel

Severance, Ling Ma

Once, Morris Gleitzman

Then, Morris Gleitzman

Reflections in a Golden Eye, Carson McCullers

The Future of Another Timeline, Annalee Newitz

Royal Rebel, Jenny Frame

*Sidekicks, Dan Santat

The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo

*Snapdragon, Kat Leyh

Catfishing on Catnet, Naomi Kritzer

*Princess Princess Ever After,  Katie O'Neill

*The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang

*All Summer Long, Hope Larson

Children of Virtue and Vengence, Tomi Adeyemi

On the Edge of Gone, Corinne Duyvis

*Kiss Number 8, Colleen A.F. Venable, Ellen T. Crenshaw

*Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis

Read With the Kids (23)

Sentence Island, Michael Clay Thompson (NF)

*Hereville: How Minka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch

Hatchet, Gary Paulson

The Dreamer, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Peter Sis

Before Columbus, Charles Mann (NF)

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Kwame Mbalia

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse, Joseph M. Marshall III

It's a Feudal, Feudal World, Stephen Shapiro and Ross Kinnaird (NF)

Pedro's Journal, Pam Conrad

A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck

Sees Behind Trees, Michael Dorris

The Shakespeare Stealer, Gary Blackwood

The Giver, Lois Lowry (reread for me)

The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright (reread)

Timmy Failure: Mistakes were Made, Stephan Pastis

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, E.L. Konigsburg

Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar

Wayside School is Falling Down, Louis Sachar

A Little History of Philosophy, Nigel Warburton (NF)

The Parker Inheritance, Varian Johnson

How to Think Like a Cat, Stephanie Garnier (NF)

Book Scavenger, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Third Mushroom, Jennifer L. Holm

*=graphic novel

I read 87 books this year, by 80 authors

Authors of color = 14 Black authors = 7 Women or non-cis-gender men authors = 53 Graphic novels = 22 Non-fiction = 28 Queer characters = 28 Audiobooks = 26

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november 2020 aka planet of sorrow

1. tiger goods - mean girls 2. iamddb - end of the world 3. almondmilkhunni, evander griiim - grapefruit 4. nyota parker - inside 5. diamond white - secondhand 6. savannah cristina - self love 7. kiana ledé - cancelled. 8. saweetie, jhené aiko - back to the streets 9. rimon, darrell cole - i shine, u shine 10. stefflon don - can't let you go 11. qveen herby - farewell 12. xavier omär, mereba - like i feel 13. arlo parks - green eyes 14. daniela andrade - k.l.f.g. 15. love level - bad bye 16. faye meana - like honey 17. ashnikko - daisy 18. aldn - glittr 19. blackwinterwells, d0llywood1 - algae 20. 8485, d0llywood1, blackwinterwells - itmakesmesosad 21. i9bonsai, blackwinterwells, 8485 - mixd up 22. senses - use me 23. oaf1 - ilove urr girl 24. love-sadkid, garrett. - ephemeral 25. shane kidd, lucius - speed of life 26. jay squared, flavors - seven am (time travel!) 27. kuranes - symbiosis 28. tsubame - call me 29. thelonious coltrane - when the sky falls down 30. dust and moonlight - sleeping or sinking 31. yutaka hirasaka - roundabout 32. deaton chris anthony - i’m so damn 33. kallitechnis, taydex - isolation 34. teen daze - peaceful groove 35. suzi wu - eat them apples 36. luna aura - crash dive 37. mourn - stay there 38. l.a. witch - true believers 39. peach kelli pop - stupid girl 40. bleached - stupid boys 41. beabadoobee - together 42. partner - honey 43. layne - linnea 44. tyzo bloom, pom pom squad - tv 45. pynkie - you 46. jetty bones - taking up space 47. slow pulp - track 48. kississippi - around your room 49. sneaks - scorpio on your side 50. dragon inn 3, pedro the lion, american football, nick wilkerson - yer brothers 51. little kingdoms - in your hand 52. tigers jaw - cat's cradle 53. i love your lifestyle - stupid 54. gulfer - blurry 55. jack m. senff - another day 56. field medic - older now (it hurts) 57. tomberlin - hours 58. quarter-life crisis, frances quinlan, ryan hemsworth - postcard from spain 59. madison cunningham - the age of worry 60. adrianne lenker - my angel 61. loma - homing 62. felivand - gone 63. annie - in heaven 64. castlebeat, sonia gadhia - shoulder 65. kalbells - hump the beach 66. kacey johansing - no better time 67. bonzie - lethal 68. laura veirs - burn too bright 69. helena deland - fruit pit 70. city girl, ry, tiffi - wishing on you 71. juliana chahayed - violins 72. lolo zouaï - beautiful lies (cold) 73. carlie hanson, lil west - fires 74. dominique - priority 75. michi - escondida 76. sarah reeves - heart first 77. carla morrison - no me llames 78. kelly rowland - crazy 79. bea miller, aminé - feel something different 80. lady gaga, ariana grande - rain on me 81. tokyo lyrical club, akira, yota - don't be afraid 82. ariana grande - positions 83. aly & aj - joan of arc on the dance floor 84. melanie c - blame it on me 85. kate lomas - radioactive 86. astrid s - dance dance dance 87. gupi - modest 88. purity ring - better off alone 89. terror jr - running from the sun 90. lany - cowboy in la 91. trace - cool woman 92. valiant vermin - freaking time 93. tricot - warp 94. ruru - wywd 95. lee jin ah - candy pianist 96. crush, lee hi - tip toe 97. oohyo - 2020 98. jessi - nunu nana 99. loona - hide & seek 100. weki meki - 100 facts (cool eng. ver.) 101. pinoko - コリドー街 102. limonène - ghost of you 103. tomggg, raychel jay - away with me 104. android52 - lovin', scratchin' 105. adrianwave - snow angel 106. cosmicosmo, tofie - those that we once loved 107. 犬吠埼紫杏 (cv: 長谷川玲奈), moe shop - good night baby 108. alice longyu gao, fraxiom - i <3 harajuku 109. snail's house - imaginary express 110. miraie, kuru - re:start 111. kotonohouse, such - mirror mirror 112. ranasol, stereo magic - my heart sensitivity 113. kyotokonkon, ninnin - kanransha 114. lu-i - with you

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60wvSb3TdayQp0q5mBF6zU?si=DbyJ9mkfSEKK88GAt-jUgg

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Sources and acknowledgments

The author would like to thank the following for their help:

Erin Amico; Michael Amiridis; John Austin; Ed Bachrach; Carmelo Barbaro; Tom Barrett; Tim Bartik; Austin Berg; Scott Brave; Max Brickman; Sherrod Brown; Pete Buttigieg; Kendall Byram; Dan Caulkins; Hayley Child; Chris, in Assumption; Kathy Cramer; Kate Collignon; John Cranley; Rick Cruse; Art Cullen; Donald Dennis; Orphe Divounguy; Mike Duggan; Rahm Emanuel; Thea Ewing; Micah Ezekiel; Flash, in Decatur; Tony Flora; Charles Franklin; Tim Franklin; Laura Frerichs; Tim Frisbie; Jeremy Jacobs; Edward Glaeser; Anika Goss-Foster; Nathan Grawe; John Gurda; Beth Hansen; Dave Harrison; Brad Henderson; Tom Henry; Eric Herman; Walter Johnson; Aaron Jones; Robert Jones; Paul Judge; Bruce Katz; Ryan Kelly; Thomas Klier; Birgit Klohs; Paul Krugman; Bob Leonard; Lori Lightfoot; Richard Longworth; Jeffrey Lyttle; Jeremy Manier; Bert Matthews; Richard Mattoon; Sonya Mays; Kenny McDonald; Scot McLemore; Leslie McGranahan; Rick Melcher; Julie Moore; Aidan Mouat; Tom Murphy; David Oppedahl; Mark Patton; Tef Poe; Darrin Redus; Brian Reisinger; Aaron Renn; Jamala Rogers; Rafael Salmi; John Sampson; Jeff Sloan; Tom Sloan; Sloan Spalding; Ramesh Srinivasan; Diane Swonk; Lauren Underwood; John Urbanus; Mike Venerable; Jay Walder; Thomas Walstrum; Ray Waters; Ben Wikler; Bob Zemsky.

A list of books and reports used for this report follows.

Books:

“Bleeding Out; The devastating consequences of urban violence, and a bold new plan for peace in the streets”. By Thomas Abt.

“Dignity, Seeking Respect in Back Row America”. By Chris Arnade.

“The New Chicago Way; Lessons from other big cities”. By Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg.

“Shortest Way Home; One mayor’s challenge and a model for America’s future”. By Pete Buttigieg.

“The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker”. By Katherine Cramer.

“Nature’s Metropolis, Chicago and the Great West”. By William Cronon.

“Storm Lake; A chronicle of change, resilience, and hope from a Heartland Newspaper”. By Art Cullen.

“Evicted; Poverty and profit in the American city”. By Matthew Desmond.

“The Nation City; Why mayors are now running the world”. By Rahm Emanuel

“Our Towns; A 100,000 mile journey into the heart of America”. By James Fallows and Deborah Fallows.

“What’s the matter with Kansas? How conservatives won the Heart of America.” By Thomas Frank.

“Triumph of the City; How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier and happier”. By Edward Glaeser.

“The Making of Milwaukee”. By John Gurda.

“Janesville; An American Story”. By Amy Goldstein.

“The Fall of Wisconsin; the conservative conquest of a progressive bastion and the future of American politics”. By Dan Kaufman.

“American Summer; Love and death in Chicago”. By Alex Kotlowitz.

“The Heartland, An American History”. By Kristin L Hoganson.

“The Broken Heart of America; St Louis and the Violent History of the United States”. By Walter Johnson.

“The New Localism, How Cities can Thrive in the age of Populism”. By Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak.

“The Promised Land; the great black migration and how it changed America”. By Nicholas Lemann.

“Sundown Towns, A Hidden Dimension of American Racism”. By James W Loewen.

“Caught in the Middle; America’s heartland in the age of Globalism”. By Richard Longworth.

“The South Side; A portrait of Chicago and American Segregation”. By Natalie Y. Moore.

“Cahokia; Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi”. By Timothy Pauketat.

“Great American City; Chicago and the enduring neighbourhood effect”. By Robert Sampson.

“North America”. By Anthony Trollope.

“The Warmth of Other Suns; the epic story of America’s great migration”. By Isabel Wilkerson.

Reports:

“A Vital Midwest; the path to a new prosperity”. By John Austin and Alexander Hitch; The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 2020.

“Between the Great Migration and Growing Exodus: the future of black Chicago?” By William Scarborough, Iván Arenas, and Amanda E. Lewis. Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2020.

“How stagnating cities can prepare for the future”. Aaron Renn. Manhattan Institute. 2019.

“Jobs for the Heartland: Place-based policies in 21 st century America”. By Benjamin Austin, Edward Glaeser, Lawrence Summers. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2018.

“Midwest success stories, these 10 cities are blooming not rusting”. Aaron Renn. Manhattan Institute. 2019.

“The State of the Heartland”. Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, Robert Maxim, Ross De Vol. Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings. 2018

“Why the Garden Club couldn’t save Youngstown; Civic infrastructure and mobilization in economic crises”. Sean Safford. 2004

The Midwest an outsized punch

This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "Sources and acknowledgments"

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Europas Problem mit Rassismus und Ungerechtigkeit

Zeit hinab in den Keller zu steigen ...

Nach der rassistischen Ermordung von George Floyd in den USA haben sich die Menschen auf der ganzen Welt erhoben und ihre Solidarität mit den Opfern von Polizeigewalt in vielen Demos gezeigt - wir waren dabei.

Nach dem Erschrecken über die Vorgänge in den USA kam der Blick in den "eigenen Keller". Auch unsere Polizei ist beim Vorgehen gegen fremd aussehende Menschen oft nicht zimperlich. WeMove.eu hat diesen "Blick in den eigenen Keller" in verschiedenen EU Ländern nachvollzogen.

Laura von WeMove Europe schreibt:

Europa hat auch ein Problem mit Rassismus und Ungerechtigkeit

Als ich am Montag Radio hörte, gingen mir diese Worte richtig unter die Haut:_ "Unser Land ist wie ein sehr altes Haus. Ich liebe alte Häuser. Aber alte Häuser brauchen viel Arbeit. Und die Arbeit hört nie auf. Genau so ist es bei unserem Land. Vielleicht wollen Sie lieber nicht in den Keller gehen, aber wenn Sie es nicht tun, kann das gefährlich werden."

Die Worte kommen von Isabel Wilkerson, einer US-amerikanischen Journalistin und Pulitzer-Preisträgerin. Sie sprach darüber, dass wir die Geschichte (in diesem Fall die Sklaverei und ihre Folgen) kennen und verstehen müssen, um die Gegenwart zu begreifen - nämlich Rassismus und Polizeigewalt. Als ich das hörte, dachte ich: Was erwartet uns im Keller Europas? Und sind wir bereit, uns das anzuschauen?

Rassismus ist auch in Europa ein großes Problem. Auch wir haben eine schwierige Geschichte, und wir müssen in den Keller steigen und uns an die Arbeit machen. Gerade jetzt ist das wichtig. Davon möchte ich Ihnen heute erzählen.

Jede Region und jedes Land hat eine eigene Geschichte und eigene Keller. Und es gibt auch einen großen gemeinsamen europäischen Keller. Den größten Platz darin nehmen die beiden Weltkriege ein, die in Europa begannen - und unsere Geschichte des Kolonialismus. Was die Kriege betrifft, ist schon einiges an Aufarbeitung geleistet worden. Aber es ist viel schwieriger, Beispiele für eine angemessene Auseinandersetzung mit unserer kolonialen Vergangenheit zu finden. Europa scheut den Weg in diesen Keller.

Vor einem Monat wurden die Kellertüren in den USA und anderswo weit aufgesprengt - ausgelöst durch den Mord an George Floyd. Zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit sind wir gezwungen, uns den hässlichsten Seiten unserer Geschichte, unserer Geschichten, unserer nationalen Identitäten zu stellen. In den USA werden Symbole des historischen Rassismus aus dem öffentlichen Raum entfernt, dasselbe geschieht in Europa - insbesondere in Bezug auf unsere Kolonialgeschichte.

Zum Beispiel Belgien: Als ich 2001 hierher kam, konnte ich nicht nachvollziehen, warum König Leopold II., der eine Industrie des Mordens und Verstümmelns von buchstäblich Millionen Kongolesen organisierte, immer noch überall im Land mit Statuen geehrt wurde. Als direkte Antwort auf die Konfrontation, die wir jetzt mit unserer Geschichte erleben, wird der Raum, den wir diesen Statuen geben, in Belgien, Italien, Großbritannien und anderswo in Frage gestellt. Indem wir uns in den Keller und in die Konfrontation mit dem wagen, was dort ist, versöhnen wir unsere Gesellschaften und sind ehrlicher zu uns selbst. Diese Statue von Leopold II. in Antwerpen wurde vor einigen Wochen entfernt, nachdem sie beschädigt und in Brand gesteckt worden war. Das passiert gerade auch mit anderen Statuen von Leopold II. in ganz Belgien.

Es braucht viel Mut, um in diesen Keller zu steigen - um sich für die Menschen, Gerechtigkeit und Versöhnung einzusetzen. Und zum Schutz des Planeten. Viele verschließen lieber die Augen davor, dass wir unseren Planeten kaputt machen. Es ist schwer sich einzugestehen, dass wir uns vor gar nicht langer Zeit für ein sehr riskantes System entschieden haben, das Konsum und endloses Wirtschaftswachstum feiert und dafür Zerstörung in Kauf nimmt - mit weiter steigenden Treibhausgas-Emissionen, Artensterben und einer immer größeren Wahrscheinlichkeit des planetarischen Zusammenbruchs.

Und unser kapitalistisches Wirtschaftsmodell ist ohne den Kolonialismus nicht zu denken - so viel von unserem Reichtum wurde mit kolonialer Brutalität aufgebaut und finanziert. Diese Systeme haben unseren Planeten jahrzehntelang verwüstet - und wurden innerhalb weniger Wochen während der COVID-19-Krise fast vollständig lahmgelegt. Deshalb ist es jetzt so wichtig, dass Europas Konjunktur- und Aufbaupläne grün und nachhaltig sind: um Unrecht und Missstände zu korrigieren und für eine bessere Zukunft zu sorgen. Wir müssen jetzt unser altes Haus reparieren und in den Keller steigen und anpacken.

Auf EU-Ebene stellen einige Politiker/innen mutige Fragen, die an unserem bisherigen Wirtschaftsmodell rütteln. Unsere Regierungschefs verhandeln gerade darüber, wie Europa am besten aus der COVID-19-Krise kommt. Ihr Plan für einen grünen und gerechten Wiederaufbau ist die größte Chance seit Langem, eine ganz neue Wirtschaft zu errichten. Eine Wirtschaft, die den Menschen zugute kommt, indem sie kleine Unternehmen unterstützt, für neue Jobs sorgt, die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel und energieeffiziente Wohnungen fördert - und die Emissionen drastisch reduziert.

Letzte Woche trafen sich die EU-Chefs bei einer Videokonferenz, um über die Finanzierung des Konjunkturprogramms zu beraten. Aber die sogenannten "Sparsamen" - Österreich, die Niederlande, Schweden und Dänemark sprachen sich bei dem Treffen gegen Solidarität aus. Xavier Bettel, Premierminister von Luxemburg, twitterte über das jüngste Treffen der EU-Chefs zur Finanzierung des Wiederaufbauplans.

Wir werden deshalb in den kommenden Monaten freundlich aber entschieden Druck auf die Sparsamen ausüben müssen. Wenn sie sich weiterhin gegen Solidarität entscheiden, werden diejenigen, die von der COVID-Krise am härtesten betroffen sind - die Beschäftigten des Gesundheitswesens, diejenigen, die ihren Arbeitsplatz verloren haben oder davon bedroht sind nicht die Mittel haben, sich von dem größten wirtschaftlichen Schock zu erholen, den Europa in den letzten Jahrzehnten erlebt hat.

Wir werden keine Sparmaßnahmen 2.0 hinnehmen, und wir werden dies kurz vor dem nächsten EU-Gipfel am 17. Juli deutlich machen - damit alle europäischen Regierungen einem großen Wiederaufbaufonds zustimmen.

Wir müssen jetzt die Türen zu unserem Keller aufstoßen. Das gilt für Europa genauso wie für die Welt. Wenn wir uns Fehler und Versagen der Vergangenheit ehrlich eingestehen, ist das unsere beste Chance auf Versöhnung und Vorsorge für die Zukunft. Isabel Wilkerson sagte auch: "Was auch immer Sie ignorieren, es wird nicht verschwinden. Es wird so lange da sein, bis Sie sich damit auseinandersetzen. Und ich denke, das ist es, was wir genau jetzt zu tun haben." Weise Worte. Folgen wir ihnen. Laura, Geschäftsführerin, WeMove Europe

Mehr dazu bei https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/humanity-first-greece-turkey und https://www.aktion-freiheitstattangst.org/de/articles/7293-20200610-systemischer-rassismus.htm

und https://www.aktion-freiheitstattangst.org/de/articles/7314-20200630-europas-problem-mit-rassismus-und-ungerechtigkeit.htm

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laid-off buzzfeeders

here is a to-be-updated list of buzzfeed employees who were laid off that i could find. if i find more, this list will be updated. feel free to dm or reply names that i can add

-niki ang

-selorm kploanyi

-tj marchbank

-joanna borns

-jared sosa

-shayna brewer

-pedro fequiere jr

-kelly diamond

-daniel toy

-summer anne burton

-kevin nguyen

-louis peitzman

-matthew perpetua

-kaye toal

-mike hinson

-erin chack

-matt kiebus

-sam stryker

-andrea hickey

-jack shepherd

-rachel "the rewm" wilkerson miller

-conz preti

-john gara

-cates holderness

-tina susman

-marisa carroll

-tyler kingkade

-jessica testa

-hannah allam

-john stanton

-ariane lange

-grace spelman

-mike hayes

-talal ansari

-blake montgomery

-michelle broder van dyke

-fran berkman

-anjali patel

-alanna bennett

-kiano moju

-kate peterman

-garrett werner

-dorsey shaw

-cate holderness

-steven kanter

-jeremy perez-cruz

-patrick ward

-norberto briceño

-kate diep

-kate sosa

-tyler kingkade

-austin hunt

-fernando padron

-marcus jones

-vera bergengruen

-chris mcdaniel

-patrick lewis

-michael rusch

-casey cline

-brett vergara

-kirk damato

-brianna holt

-arielle benedek

-andrew cushing

-terri pous

-mike giglio

-jessie wu

-eric larson

-emily shwake

-katcy stephan

-caroline kee

-rituja donadkar

-jason sweeten

-anna borges 

-sarah karlan

-armand valdes

-laura geiser

-gyan yankovich

-kevin collier

-indiana fawcett

-steph cozza

-mark seibel

-branson lb

-christian nilsson

-daniela cadena

-jeremy koeing

-kendell byrd

-sequoia holmes

-jacob reed

-mitchell prothero

-grace wyler

-emma byrne

-ben coleman

-sarah rasmussen

-payappilly ann

-shila farahani

-gavon laessig

-chelsea olle

-idil gozde

-kev smith

-pier dominguez

-caelan hugues

-alicia hosking

-hoss ghertassi

-tom vellner

-kovie biakolo

-michael letts

-claudia rosenbaum

-abid anwar

-emily tamkin

-theresa tamkins

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