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| Feb 19, 2025 | Travel | 5 Black history road trips to take this February | Tobe Rubin of Boca Raton examines the names of lynched Americans inscribed at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. (Lois Solomon/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)National Memorial for Justice and Peace (Montgome... |
| Jun 16, 2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Kris Manjapra: On Juneteenth we must remember the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree
By Kris Manjapra | By Kris Manjapra
The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were speeches, sermons and shared meals, mostly held at Black ch... |
| May 1, 2024 | Health | To stop fentanyl deaths in Philadelphia, knocking on doors and handing out overdose kits | “What we’re trying to do is get this in everybody’s household. Have you ever heard of this before?” Elie asked before handing the man a tote bag filled with more pamphlets, fentanyl test strips, and the box of Narcan.
Elie and other part-ti... |
| Mar 17, 2024 | An Alabama sculpture park evokes the painful history of slavery | In Montgomery, Alabama, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, a long-neglected plot of land has been transformed. It's now home to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, the vision of lawyer and social activist Bryan Stevenson.... |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Tour of Florida historic sites illuminates white supremacy in the legal system | Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Two rented buses recently ferried 27 social justice advocates along U.S. Route 90 in Baker County, Florida, past long, empty miles of san... |
| Dec 30, 2023 | The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias | Health Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Voices of Color The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias
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| Jul 20, 2023 | Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Has Passed Away | Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick passed away Sunday, July 16, 2023, after fighting pancreatic cancer for more than a year.
Mitnick is one of the most famous computer hackers of all time, and one of the first to gain widespread attention, even lan... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | After SPLC intervention, prosecutions over late trash bills end in Alabama city | When Mike Segrest was running for district attorney of Alabama’s 5th Judicial Circuit in 2022, his platform consisted of supporting the rule of law, protecting constitutional rights and “working for the betterment of all.”
He was able to pu... |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 5 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in 2023, including Black-owned brands to support, causes to donate to, and destinations to visit | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Home Reviews 5 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in 2023, including Black-owned brands to support, causes to donate to, and destina... |
| May 12, 2023 | Elon Musk says Tucker Carlson will be subject to Twitter's fact-checking force, Community Notes. This might be a problem for a TV host whose record on Snopes isn't exactly the cleanest. | Tucker Carlson announced Tuesday that his show would be airing on Twitter.
Elon Musk responded by saying anything misleading would be flagged by community notes.
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| May 11, 2023 | Elon Musk says Tucker Carlson will be subject to Twitter's fact-checking force, Community Notes. This might be a problem for a TV host whose record on Snopes isn't exactly the cleanest. | Tucker Carlson announced on Wednesday that he'll be bringing his show to Twitter where he could be subject to fact-checking by the platform's Community Notes feature. Seth Wening and Gregory Bull/AP
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| Apr 14, 2023 | We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases | Leo Jones, a Black man, was convicted and sentenced to death by an all-white Florida jury in 1982 for the killing of a white police officer.
The conviction rested on a key witness who later recanted his testimony, and a coerced confession f... |
| Sep 26, 2022 | ‘Change Isn’t Just Coming, It’s Here’: Deloitte Brings Together 100 Chief DEI Officers At Forum And Launches DEI Institute To Advance Equity | Deloitte US held their inaugural Chief DEI Officer Forum, gathering 100 CDEIOs from across ... [+] industries to share strategies for creating substantive change in the DEI space.©Deloitte |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Goidel & Siegel Honors Black History Month by Donating to NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. | New York City Personal Injury Lawyers Honor Black History Month “At Goidel and Siegel, we recognize that some fights are bigger than the ones we handle at our personal injury law firm,” said Jonathan M. Goidel, co-founder of Goidel & Si... |
| Aug 22, 2021 | The Failure of Counterterrorism After the Civil War | Editor’s Note: This article is drawn from my long, scholarly article, “White Supremacy, Terrorism, and the Failure of Reconstruction in the United States,” published in International Security. Additional references (often to books that are ... |
| May 25, 2021 | Four Things Marketers Should Keep In Mind This July Fourth | Hunter Johnson is CEO of Xpedition, a creative agency that produces inclusive campaigns for brands like Google, McKinsey & Co. and YouTube. |
| Apr 20, 2021 | AIRBNB, INC.
Airbnb : Activism and Allyship Guide | Last year Airbnb published a guide designed by the company's Black@ employee resource group to help interested people become better allies. The guide has been updated to reflect additional references to work from activists and experts in an... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Banks Should Follow And Expand On Biden’s Lead And Divest From Mass Incarceration | Randell Leach, a corporate entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in financial services, serves as Beneficial State Bank’s CEO. |
| Apr 13, 2021 | Veterans of color say video of police pepper-spraying a Black Army officer shows that not even a military uniform is protection from police violence | A police officer used a spray agent on Caron Nazario on December 20 in Windsor, Virginia. Windsor Police via AP
Police officers in Virginia held a uniformed Black Army officer at gunpoint and pepper-sprayed him.
The soldier was not charged ... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | How We Serve Others: Championing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | At Dollar General, we believe in respecting the dignity and differences of others, as well as celebrating success and recognizing the contribution of others through our mission of Serving Others. We celebrate these two core values every day... |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Think Wisdom Comes With Age? These Young Leaders Will Prove You Wrong. | Kehkashan Basu and Joe Nail, who have built youth-focused organizations, discuss the tremendous ... [+] impact young people can have when they work together.Photo courtesy of Vicki Phillips |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Apple announces latest efforts in its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative | Apple on Wednesday announced its latest set of major donations as part of its $100 million initiative to help dismantle systemic barriers and promote racial equality for people of color.
The company split the first round into three areas, i... |
| Jan 13, 2021 | From lynchings to the Capitol: Racism and the violence of revelry | On January 6, a day after the historic election of an African American pastor, Raphael Warnock, to the US Senate, a well-planned coup sought to overturn the free and fair 2020 US presidential election, which Joe Biden had definitively won.
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| Jan 2, 2021 | 250 million farmers in India are taking a stand against the government as part of the biggest protest in history. Here's why the US and the world should pay attention. | "No farmers, no food." Members of human rights organisations hold placards in support of farmers during a protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms in Amritsar on December 10, 2020. Narinder Nanu/AFP via... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | Banjo Icons To Auction Custom Signed Banjos For Giving Tuesday | Deering Banjo Giving Tuesday Charity Banjo Artists
SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (PRWEB) December 02, 2020
Deering Banjo Company has brought together banjo icons Steve Martin, Rhiannon Giddens, Dropkick Murphys, Kevin Nealon, Scott Avett, and Mumfo... |
| Sep 9, 2020 | Rural Communities Needlessly Risk Covid-19 From Prisons | Driving through scenic Western Maryland to West Virginia it is a surprise to discover the Hazelton ... [+] FCI, nicknamed "Misery Mountain." This is what the area looks like, not far from Hazelton FCI. Famartin / CC BY-SA (https:/... |
| Aug 29, 2020 | 6LACK Talks His Live Performance With YouTube In Beloved Atlanta, Social Justice | 6LACK performed "Live From the Ledge" on Atlanta's Hilton helipad.Jamil “Aries” Purnell |
| Jun 30, 2020 | Make Sure Your Antiracism Efforts Cost You Something | A month on from George Floyd's tragic murder and Amy Cooper's nauseating reveal, we're seeing recent and historical episodes of violent racism get attention; public protest and pressure wins some battles and lose others; and Black-authored ... |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Just Mercy Co-Producer Alana Mayo On How She Creates Powerful Content | nappy.co |
| Jun 19, 2020 | The history of how Black Americans were deprived of land ownership — and why it might be time to revisit Black commons | Redeem now
Civil rights organizer Fannie Lou Hamer created Freedom Farms, a cooperative model designed to deliver economic justice to the poorest Black farmers in the American South. GHI Vintage/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Gr... |
| Jun 11, 2020 | Apple commits $100M to its new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative | Apple announced today a new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative with a new $100 million commitment.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, will lead the initiative. Jackson has notched an impres... |
| Jun 11, 2020 | Apple Announces a $100 Million Dollar 'Racial Equity and Justice Initiative' that will be led by Apple's Black Executive Lisa Jackson
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Search | In 2016 Tim Cook urged investors not to vote through plans to accelerate recruitment of minorities on its 18-person board – which currently has 15 white men two black women and one black man, James Bell, the former Boeing chief financial of... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors | As protests against police brutality and economic manifestations of systemic racism in the U.S. continue, venture capital firms are joining the chorus of technology industry advocates lending their support to the cause.
For the past three d... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | Covidisparity: How The Pandemic Is Highlighting Racial Biases In Health, Employment And Wealth | A banner on Wall Street during the Occupy Wall Street march on May 1, 2102P. Gaudiano |
| Mar 3, 2020 | This Company Is Using Racially-Biased Algorithms to Select Jurors | In a short, polished video introducing his new company, attorney Alex Alvarez tells the story of a case he didn’t expect to lose. It was a straightforward slip-and-fall lawsuit pitting him against a less experienced attorney, and Alvarez wa... |
| Nov 17, 2019 | Family travel five: Visit U.S. civil rights landmarks | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., features quotes from King’s speeches.
Embark on a journey of discovery and understanding when you and your family visit these destinations an... |
| Oct 22, 2019 | Trump calls impeachment inquiry a 'lynching' as cracks emerge in Republican lawmakers' support for him | President Donald Trump. Associated Press
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President Donald Trump called House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into him "a lynching" on Tuesday.
"So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win th... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Equal Justice Initiative, backed by Google.org, launches ‘Lynching in America’ | Thanks in part to funding by Google .org, Equal Justice Initiative has launched an online platform to explore the history of lynching in America. The goal with Lynching in America is to enable people to confront the history of lynching thro... |
| Mar 16, 2017 | How CEO Payam Zamani's Background as a Refugee Has Shaped His Entrepreneurial Ventures | Payam Zamani is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor. His company One Planet Group is a hybrid tech firm that runs a suite of online technology businesses in the real estate, home improvement, and automotive industries; invests in a... |
| Apr 21, 2016 | One Planet Group Commits to the Equal Justice Initiative | In a moving spoken word Prince EA speaks a truth we all need to be reminded of.
While many inequalities are far in our past, some remnants still remain. As another progressive Black History Month has come to a close, One Planet Group is pro... |
| Feb 26, 2016 | Google.org Awards $3 Million To Racial Justice Organizations In SF Bay Area | David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Alphabet; Bryan Stevenson, Founder and CEO, Equal Justice Initiative; Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade, Founder, Roses in Concrete Community School; Landon Dickey*, Special Assistant for ... |
| Sep 28, 2015 | How to Get Involved in Changing the Criminal Justice System | On our new special episode of VICE on HBO, Fixing the System, founder Shane Smith went deep into the American prison system with President Barack Obama and former attorney general Eric Holder. With unprecedented access during a historical p... |
| May 1, 2014 | It’s Time To Talk About Race | This education conference was different--from who took the stage, to mix of conference goers, to the themes that dominated the day. At the heart of that difference was a clear-eyed recognition that race, poverty, and justice are imperative ... |
| The student debt forgiveness debate highlights the racial gap in what borrowers owe | Despite the current pause on federal student loan payments, student debt continues to be a major concern for tens of millions of Americans who collectively owe some $1.7 trillion in student loans.
Black borrowers are among those who are mos... |
| Частные тюрьмы как инвестиционный инструмент: сколько на них зарабатывают и почему с ними борются активисты Статьи редакции | 8% заключенных США содержатся в частных тюрьмах, а две крупнейшие тюремные компании торгуются на биржах. Это прибыльный бизнес, но у него есть свои риски и потенциальные конфликты интересов.
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| Why does the US allow children to face decades in prison? | On Monday, June 27 at 19:30 GMT:
Almeer Nance was 16 years old when he joined two other people in an armed robbery that ended in the murder of a store manager in the US state of Tennessee.
But though he did not fire the fatal shot during th... |