Reality Checks: Slaves Aren’t Mistresses, the New Underground Railroad, Jim Crow School Choice, and FRBs

Mindy — March 1, 2017

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No, Sally Hemings was not Thomas Jefferson’s mistress. (via Teen Vogue)
Churches prepare to take their sanctuary operations for undocumented immigrants underground. (via Buzzfeed)
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos celebrated HBCUs as being pioneers of “school choice,” conveniently ignoring the legal segregation that kept black and white students apart. (via The Hill)
The next big thing in astronomy: fast radio bursts. (via Nature)

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Mindy is an attorney and Managing Editor of Teen Skepchick. She hates the law and loves stars. You can follow her on Twitter and on Google+.

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