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[IndependenceBranch @IndependenceBr]

Looking for a good read? Imani Perry recommends African American History Books https://t.co/FcObUOwy9J via @five_books

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Book Riot: 15 of the Best Feminist Mystery Novels.
https://t.co/kofGI8sYsX

via @GoogleNews

[UN Women @UN_Women]

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -- Anne Frank.

On #HolocaustRemembranceDay, let's echo her words and act against discrimination.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

For the world #Auschwitz is a symbol of the #Holocaust & crimes of WW2, a painful reminder of what ideologies of hatred may lead humanity to. In 2005 @UN declared 27 January - the date of the liberation of #Auschwitz - as the International #HolocaustRemembranceDay

[Philadelphia Public Health @PHLPublicHealth]

Update on COVID-19 Coronavirus Response in Philadelphia https://t.co/FqtAffwptq

[IndependenceBranch @IndependenceBr]

The Associated Press: Goade becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal NEW YORK.
https://t.co/kDfn0vGHPR

via @GoogleNews

[IndependenceBranch @IndependenceBr]

This Penn student writes YA novels with her sister. Their new book is ‘close to perfection,’ Kirkus says. https://t.co/05SxxWIIIQ via @PhillyInquirer

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

📍Sobering—1 out of every 1,000 people living in the US 🇺🇸 has died of #COVID19–residents, not just among cases.

330,000 are just diagnosed COVID deaths. US has accumulated now *420,000 excess deaths* compared to average of a many prior years.

Please stay safe. Thread 🧵

[Al Schmidt @Commish_Schmidt]

Votes from Philadelphia resulted in the presidential race being called nationally. Here’s the tick-tock account of those critical 24 hours and the effort to stop the votes from being counted, in today’s @nytimes. https://t.co/55mx42fE3y

[Philadelphia OEM @PhilaOEM]

Don't know much about winter safety? Snow problem! Join us and @phlpublichealth at our virtual Winter Webinar on Dec. 15, 6 PM via Zoom. We’ll discuss winter weather preparedness and COVID-19. Sign up today! https://t.co/AqbJc2IcEH

[Philadelphia Public Health @PHLPublicHealth]

#GetCovered, Philly! Do you get healthcare under the Affordable Care Act? Make sure you’re enrolled for 2021 ➡️ https://t.co/Y9gjkxoclb. The deadline is this Tuesday, December 15!

[Philadelphia Public Health @PHLPublicHealth]

December 4, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

1,816 new cases
71,331 total cases
22 new probable cases from rapid tests

28 new deaths
2,033 total deaths

For more: https://t.co/7UZp394cBJ

[Philadelphia Schools @PHLschools]

GRAB-AND-GO MEALS for students are available throughout the city every Friday 9am-2pm. Find your nearest school food site here: https://t.co/HfsEfdqGgB

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming – well, that's like saying you can never change your fate.’

Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses

#WednesdayWisdom

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

Our critics Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai share their favorites among the books they reviewed this year https://t.co/e4wiBAdCr2

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

The most notable picture, middle grade and young adult books of the year, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor https://t.co/5pKduzGkga

[Philadelphia Public Health @PHLPublicHealth]

December 1, 2020 @PhiladelphiaGov COVID-19 update:

~5,300 new test results received

601 new cases
67,025 total cases
59 new probable cases from rapid tests

9 new deaths
1,985 total deaths

For more: https://t.co/7UZp394cBJ

[Philadelphia Public Health @PHLPublicHealth]

"I survived Ebola. I fear COVID-19." Watch as Dr. Spencer shares a day in the ER battling COVID-19.

[Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary]

Words for the Nation: poems by Langston Hughes; passages from Declaration, Constitution, George Washington’s Farewell Address; excerpts from James Baldwin, Rachel Carson, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Alexis de Tocqueville, Robert Penn Warren.
https://t.co/A7uSetqs3c

[Read More Women @WomenRead]

"You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist."

Iranian writer and professor, Azar Nafisi was born #OnThisDay in 1948 #ReadMoreWomen