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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 19h
What exactly is Critical Race Theory? What’s the fuss about teaching it? Today’s interview with sociology professor Dr. John Michael Thomas addresses these questions and more. Check out today’s new episode

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Dr. James Michael Thomas: What's Critical Race Theory?
Podcast Episode · Critically Speaking · 10/14/2025 · 29m
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‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit
Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 19h
What exactly is Critical Race Theory? What’s the fuss about teaching it? Today’s interview with sociology professor Dr. John Michael Thomas addresses these questions and more. Check out today’s new episode

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Dr. James Michael Thomas: What's Critical Race Theory?
Podcast Episode · Critically Speaking · 10/14/2025 · 29m
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 19h
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The Coldwater Creek Cover-Up
How a Missouri creek reveals America’s toxic legacy
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 20h
LATEST: As of 11pm, the majority of news organizations who cover the Department of Defense have said they will not sign the new Pentagon policy which would require them to pledge to only report on information directly dissemminated to them.

Only ONE media outlet signed: One America News Network.
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 1d
Should be nationwide

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New Mexico is providing free childcare for all. It’s time for others to do the same | Katrina vanden Heuvel
The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 1d
I guess there aren’t any women economists 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 1d
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Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.
The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 2d
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 2d
Screwed again

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Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 2d
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The real winners of Trump’s attack on clean energy aren’t American
U.S. politics are undercutting clean energy at the same time economics are propelling it forward globally. Can the U.S. afford to sit this out?
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 2d
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Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 2d
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How to Get Away With Crimes Against Humanity
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 2d
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Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 3d
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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 4d
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 3d
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A Plea From Doctors: Cool It on the Supplements
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 3d
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Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
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jandee924 🌻🕊️🦋 @jandee924.bsky.social · 4d
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jandee924 🌻🕊️🦋 @jandee924.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe we should stock up on Halloween costumes when they go on sale. Never know when ICE is coming to our town!
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 6d
We’ve put together a starter pack of alternative media outlets. Follow these to get a different take on the news. 👇
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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 6d
Show in Virginia Beach tonight.
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All Starter Packs @everystarterpack.bsky.social · Sep 11
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 3d
Who owns your DNA after you mail it in? Can testing companies sell your genetic information? Keep your sample indefinitely? 🧬 The answers might change your mind about that ancestry test. 🔗 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Science Podcast · Updated Weekly · On each episode of Critically Speaking, your host, Dr. Therese Markow, interviews foremost experts in a range of fields. We discuss, in everyday language that we al...
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