February 12, 2010
Black History Month
“In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” airs tomorrow night on PBS, but many clips are available. Pretty fantastic stuff.
Also, today is the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. Coverage here, here, and here (in an article that underscores the enduring struggle to find leaders who do not disappoint).
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February 11, 2010
Video: White House Assaulted by Snow
Via WhiteHouse.gov, a very cool video.
February 10, 2010
Snow-Nami Round Dos
People are using the word apocalypse casually: As in, “I have intermittent signals due to the apocalypse.” Here is your apocalypse, from Capitol Hill.
This is roughly 30 inches of accumulation over the last several days:
February 9, 2010
Youth Today: Original Video on College Goal Sunday
Watch: Even in Digital Age, College Goal Sunday Still Fills Vital Need
A Youth Today Original Video | (Read the accompanying article here.)
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim
February 8, 2010
More Publishing Bad Timing
A colleague tells me a letter to the editor he wrote in December was victim, as was mine, to bad timing: his letter ran in The Washington Post the day after another snowstorm in December 2009. In case you missed it, here it is.