Brad Reese, grandson of the Hershey founder, recently published an open letter criticizing the company for reformulating some Reese’s products with cheaper ingredients—part of what he says is a broader trend across the food industry.

A food science professor—and a longtime fan of Reese’s—explains what's really going on:
https://theconversation.com/controversy-over-reeses-ingredients-reveals-standard-food-industry-practices-most-consumers-never-notice-276808
https://theconversation.com/controversy-over-reeses-ingredients-reveals-standard-food-industry-practices-most-consumers-never-notice-276808

Many Americans say U.S. democracy needs major change. One solution: proportional representation, where more than one representative is elected for each district, and seats are distributed according to votes for a party.

Portland, Oregon, adopted it in 2025, and its new city council is already more diverse by gender, race and neighborhood representation.

https://theconversation.com/proportional-representation-could-reduce-polarization-in-congress-and-help-more-people-feel-like-their-voices-are-being-heard-270411
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A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise

Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a “life-and-death struggle”

by Meilan Solly

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

Carter G. Woodson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835

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