Category : News Talk

Jim Crow tactics reborn in Texas abortion law, deputizing citizens to enforce legally suspect provisions

theconversation.com - Texas lawmakers resurrected a Jim Crow-era legal maneuver, used to deny Black people the right to vote, in their new law banning most abortions.Tweeted by @merkin_muffly https://twitter.com/merkin_muffly/status/15592404481532108...

George Soros poured $3M into 'dark money hub' working to defund police

dailymail.co.uk - Liberal billionaire George Soros poured $3million in 2020 into the Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability, which supports activists pushing to defund the police in cities across the US.Tweeted by @MindTiger_11 https://...

Robots Enact Malignant Stereotypes

deepai.org - 07/23/22 - Stereotypes, bias, and discrimination have been extensively documented in Machine Learning (ML) methods such as Computer Vision (C...Tweeted by @athundt https://twitter.com/athundt/status/1557778350717878274

'Foolishly sticking with failed system': Mississippi leads the world in mass incarceration

clarionledger.com - Mississippi has more inmates per capita than any state or nation, including China, Russia and Iran, according to the World Population Review.Tweeted by @WickerPerlis https://twitter.com/WickerPerlis/status/1559192958469021704

Analysis: The fight to curb gun violence without inflaming racial biases

cnn.com - There's no easy way to curb gun violence. But experts say that "cleaning up policing" and shrinking our reliance on the criminal justice system are important pieces of the puzzle.Tweeted by @nextgenedfund https://twitter.com/nextgenedfund/s...

The U.S. Can't Keep Absolving Itself Over Afghanistan | Opinion

newsweek.com - The Pentagon now claims no wrongdoing in a parting drone attack that killed seven children. International law—and basic morality—demands real accountability.Tweeted by @ashahshahani https://twitter.com/ashahshahani/status/1559222665596...

Blaqsbi | Post: Cold War 2.0, How Russia Discovered the Way to Destroy America

blaqsbi.com - America is currently in the process of its inevitable downfall. No, its not something that pleases me because I’m not an anarchist or an America hater. I seeTweeted by @DimitryStPierre https://twitter.com/DimitryStPierre/status/15589580...

Biden’s order terminates federal private prison contracts. Experts say it’s a start.

nbcnews.com - President Joe Biden vowed to ultimately put an end to private prisons, but activists says the move isn't enough to fully address mass incarcerations.Tweeted by @Standupchai https://twitter.com/Standupchai/status/1559154714360553472

Black Community and REPARATIONS…Divide & Conquer.

thyblackman.com - Whereas, we are deserving of reparations let’s not be stuck on stupid. The most precious endowment we can be blessed with is taken back the freedom to think for ourselves, to assume that you already …Tweeted by @ThyBlackMan https://...

Black Lives Matter protesters confront Hillary Clinton at a fundraiser - CNNPolitics

cnn.com - A pair of Black Lives Matter activists interrupted Hillary Clinton Wednesday night at a private fundraiser, confronting the Democratic presidential candidate with past statements she made about youth…Tweeted by @PatrickJGoggins https://twit...

Forbes EQ BrandVoice: Money Bail Is Unjust And Should End

forbes.com - Several states and cities around the country are reducing or ending their use of money bail.Tweeted by @playernozick https://twitter.com/playernozick/status/1559272180583735304

Rappers Keep Getting Locked Up Over Their Lyrics. Could a New Law Change That?

vice.com - The RAP Act would limit prosecutors from using someone’s lyrics against them in court, a tactic that helped put Young Thug, Gunna, and hundreds of other defendants behind bars.Tweeted by @chadstanton https://twitter.com/chadstanton/status/...

'Family Or Fiancé': Tracy McMillan On If Couples Can Survive Without Support From Family And Her Story Being Turned Into A Kerry Washington Series

news.yahoo.com - OWN’s Family or Fiance is back for a new season– and did you know host Tracy McMillan’s life story is the basis for a new Hulu series starring Kerry Washington?

This war on ‘whiteness’ is taking us backwards

spiked-online.com - Moshin Hamid's The Last White Man is packed with all of today’s regressive, right-on prejudices.Tweeted by @DoomedCanadian https://twitter.com/DoomedCanadian/status/1559141365409259521

The Police Forensic Centre contributes to the delivery of justice, thanks to equipment purchased by the U.S. Government and UNDP | United Nations Dev…

undp.org - Evidence in criminal investigations can be examined faster and more efficient by the experts of the Police Forensic Centre (PFC), thanks to state-of-the-art equipment, in value of US$160,000, purchas…Tweeted by @UNDPMoldova https://twitter...