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| Nov 6, 2025 | Larry Ellison’s CBS Acquisition Leads To Mass Layoffs As Bari Weiss Enjoys $10k A Day Security Detail | U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies and deal benefits. Post-merger, not only do those benefits generally never arrive, the debt from the acquisition spree usua... |
| Dec 30, 2024 | In Psychology Today, Experts on Invisible Work Call for December’s Unsung Heroes at Home & Work to Get Deliberative Rest | Dr. Janelle Wells and Dr. Doreen MacAulay
Authors of Our (In)visible Work empathize with the overworked and underappreciated December champions and cite the importance of rest for their well-being
This labor is rarely celebrated even though... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Netflix's "Good Times" reboot misses the mark for some | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Netflix's animated reboot of the classic TV show "Good Times" is getting pushback for its negative tropes about Chicago and Black families.
Why it matters: The original sitcom, which turns 5... |
| 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... |
| Jan 17, 2024 | AI in Healthcare: Top Use Cases and Key Implementation Strategies for 2024 | Heather Randall, Ph.D., Chief Compliance Officer, TrustCommerce, a Sphere Company
Artificial intelligence (AI) is earning recognition for its potential benefits to the healthcare sector at large, from its ability to improve care and increas... |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Police Killing of Black Man Roils Alabama City As Protesters Are Arrested | Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence.
In the spring of 1978, police in Decatur, Alabama, arrested 26-year-old Tommy Lee Hines and charged him with raping two white women and robbing one. Before he could be b... |
| May 22, 2023 | DC PD’s Head Of Homeland Security Intelligence Allegedly Warned Proud Boys Leader Cops Were Looking For Him | Cops keep letting us know who they really are. They can’t seem to help themselves. |
| Feb 16, 2023 | What is a microaggression? 15 things people think are fine to say at work — but are actually racist, sexist, or offensive. | Microaggressions are often subtle, so it's often hard to know whether you're committing one or if you're on the receiving end. Francisco Osorio/Flickr
A 2019 survey shows that most American workers have seen or experienced workplace discrim... |
| Mar 11, 2022 | ‘Black Panther’ director was falsely accused of robbery at Bank of America. It’s eerily similar to a Black lawyer’s experience. | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
Oscar-nominated 'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler was falsely accused of being a bank robber and was d... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | ‘Encanto’ star John Leguizamo says he has avoided the sun in order to stay ‘light-skinned’ for roles | John Leguizamo. Chelsea Guglielmino / Getty Images
“Encanto” star John Leguizamo spoke to the Academy Awards’ “Seen” series about colorism in Hollywood.
Leguizamo said that he stayed out of sunlight for years to stay “light-skinned” for rol... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | 'Encanto' star John Leguizamo says he has avoided the sun in order to stay 'light-skinned' for roles | Entertainment 'Encanto' star John Leguizamo says he has avoided the sun in order to stay 'light-skinned' for roles
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| Nov 15, 2021 | Lin-Manuel Miranda doesn't feel like he was 'canceled' after 'In the Heights' was called out for its lack of dark-skinned Latinx actors | Entertainment Lin-Manuel Miranda doesn't feel like he was 'canceled' after 'In the Heights' was called out for its lack of dark-skinned Latinx actors
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| Nov 15, 2021 | Lin-Manuel Miranda doesn’t feel like he was ‘canceled’ after ‘In the Heights’ was called out for its lack of dark-skinned Latinx actors | Anthony Ramos in ‘In the Heights.’ Macall Polay/Warner Bros.
Lin-Manuel Miranda said criticism of “In the Heights” for colorism isn’t “cancellation.”
“That’s having opinions. So I try to take it in that spirit,” he said.
“In the Heights” wa... |
| Sep 26, 2021 | Why Jaylen Brown Looks Ready To Lead The 2021-22 Boston Celtics | From the sound of things, the Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown is prepared to take things to the next ... [+] level for the 2021-22 season. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Rita Moreno said she was ‘disappointed’ with herself for defending ‘In the Heights’ colorism | Rita Moreno and Anthony Ramos . John Lamparski/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival/Warner Bros. Pictures
Rita Moreno previously defended “In The Heights” over colorism complaints.
The actress told Stephen Colbert: “It’s like you can never do ... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Rita Moreno defends Lin-Manuel Miranda amid ‘In The Heights’ whitewashing backlash: ‘They’re really attacking the wrong person’ | Rita Moreno praised Lin-Manuel Miranda for bringing ‘Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to America’ amid ‘In The Heights’ whitewashing controversy. Roy Rochlin/WireImage/ABC/Getty Images
Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda amid “In T... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | The director and cast of ‘In The Heights’ respond to criticism over its lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latinx actors: ‘We tried our best on all fronts of it’ | ‘In The Heights’ director and cast members respond to criticism that the film whitewashed most of the main roles. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
“In The Heights” is getting criticized on social media for having v... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | The editor-in-chief of one of the largest medical journals stepped down after questioning the existence of structural racism in medicine on a podcast | Howard Bauchner, editor-in-chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, in 2013. Brian Ach/Getty Images for The Lasker Foundation
Howard Bauchner stepped down as EIC of JAMA following racial bias controversy.
The AMA had been i... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Editor of one of largest medical journals stepped down after questioning structural racism in medicine | Howard Bauchner, editor-in-chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, in 2013.
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Howard Bauchner stepped down as editor-in-chief of JAMA following racial bias controversy.
The AM... |
| May 22, 2021 | Kamala Harris reportedly ‘tracks’ reporters who don’t ‘appreciate her life experience’: The Atlantic | Vice President Kamala Harris. Getty
Kamala Harris “tracks” journalists whom she believes don’t “appreciate her life experience,” per The Atlantic.
Harris and her team “tend to dismiss reporters,” according to the report.
She reportedly ofte... |
| May 3, 2021 | Video shows students reenacted the murder of George Floyd at a high school with a history of racist incidents | Students in Arizona reenacting George Floyd’s murder @MercedezUAZ2/Twitter
High school students in Arizona were recorded reenacting the murder of George Floyd.
The video went viral on Twitter and students were disciplined, the school said.
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| Feb 21, 2021 | Dear White Women, Are You Abusing Your Racial Privilege? | Horizontal beauty portrait of young womangetty |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Gift Guide: TechCrunch’s Favorite Things of 2020 | It goes without saying, but 2020 was a bad year for a lot of people.
For many, it was a year of stress, sadness and anxiety. It was a year of missing friends and family; of just getting to the next day, even as each day seemed to blur into ... |
| Sep 29, 2020 | By Picking Up Delonte West, Mark Cuban Shows His Benevolence Goes Beyond Words | Mark Cuban was videotaped picking up Delonte West at a Dallas-area gas station. (Photo by Mitchell ... [+] Leff/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Sep 18, 2020 | How the CDC and others are failing Black women during childbirth | The alarming number of deaths of Black women during childbirth and soon afterward once gained little national attention. That changed, partly because of the high-profile deaths of Dr. Shalon Irving and Kira Johnson, and and the delayed resp... |
| Jun 28, 2020 | Breonna Taylor’s Death Further Illustrates The Invisibility Of Black Women And Resurrects A Discussion About ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’ | MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 25: A portrait of Breonna Taylor is pasted to a building on June 25, 2020 in ... [+] Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests and calls for police reform have been ongoing across the country as today marks one month since Geo... |
| Jun 23, 2020 | Crunchbase adding diversity spotlight data to listings | An image of how Crunchbase will look with diversity data.
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Crunchbase will now show diversity data on its company profiles in an effort to help better promote businesses run by women and minorities, according to CEO Jager M... |
| Jun 21, 2020 | Nextdoor Ditches 'Forward to Police' Feature After Racism Accusation; Here are Other Reasons Why | Giuliano J. de Leon, Tech Times 21 June 2020, 07:06 pm
Facing rampant accusations of racial profiling, Nextdoor had no choice but to ditch its "Forward to Police" feature. According to Gizmodo's latest report, the popular's app's ... |
| Jun 10, 2020 | The Crypto Community Needs to Stand Up and Fight Racism | Robert Greenfield is the CEO of Emerging Impact, a benefit corporation that supports NGOs and government agencies to leverage blockchain technology in social protection. Previously he was head of Social Impact & Diversity Programming at... |
| Jun 4, 2020 | 14 things people think are fine to say at work — but are actually racist, sexist, or offensive | Protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd are shining a spotlight on racism in all facets of American life - including at work.
The research says that the majority of American workers have seen or experienced workplace discriminat... |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Apple, Laurene Powell Jobs and Leonardo DiCaprio launch a GoFundMe with $12M for the hungry | Apple has made a donation to a new fundraising campaign, America’s Food Fund, along with Laurene Powell Jobs, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Ford Foundation. Together, they’ve contributed $12 million toward the $15 million goal for the new initi... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Arrests R Us: Six-Year-Old Cuffed And Tossed Into A Cop Car For 'Throwing A Tantrum' At School | America's least valuable renewable resource is school resource officers. At some point, we -- as a nation -- apparently agreed school disciplinary issues should be turned over to law enforcement officers. To be sure, this decision was made ... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Arrests R Us: Six-Year-Old Cuffed And Tossed Into A Cop Car For 'Throwing A Tantrum' At School | America’s least valuable renewable resource is school resource officers. At some point, we — as a nation — apparently agreed school disciplinary issues should be turned over to law enforcement officers. To be sure, this decision was made wi... |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Tyler, The Creator Is the Artist of the Decade | The 2010s were the decade where it felt like time sped up. As we reach a major mile marker during one of the most confounding periods in cultural and political history, we’re looking back at the artists, albums, and trends that best marked ... |
| Sep 6, 2019 | 15 American landmarks that were built by enslaved people | Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk across the South Lawn. Pete Souza / Flickr
Four hundred years have passed since the arrival of the first 20 enslaved people into the US.
Many of the most famous buildings in t... |
| Feb 19, 2019 | Pot is now so decriminalized in Delaware, it’s practically legal | On Monday, Delaware’s new attorney general, Kathy Jennings, laid out her plan for criminal justice reform in the state — and, among other things, announced that her office won’t prosecute for less than 175 grams of marijuana, or just over s... |
| Aug 21, 2018 | Only 12% Of Music Revenue Goes To Actual Artists | Back in 2010, we posted an infographic from The Root showing just how little money that was spent on music actually went to the artist: |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Brand Authenticity: Is It Really That Complicated? | Brand authenticity Bigstockphoto |
| May 21, 2018 | My ‘sunken place’: Having to call police when I know it could be deadly for my black patients | A few weeks ago, I watched a crisis unfold on Twitter.
A black woman posted what looked like a suicide note. Her followers scrambled to help her. One woman, also black, tweeted that anyone who knew her personally should call a suicide helpl... |
| May 21, 2018 | Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Inside the housing economy’s monster news weekend | Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news across the HousingWire weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues.
Plenty of stories in this issue of MMCC, so hang on tight!
The Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary confer... |
| Mar 28, 2018 | The Black Woman Who Biked Across the US Alone During the 1930s Jim Crow Era | She zoomed over forlorn dusty roads, responding to the beckoning call of new adventures. The airborne sensation and the freedom of the road ensured that she climbed on her trusty Harley-Davidson time and time again. Long before the hashtag ... |
| Feb 20, 2018 | Black Role Models in Tech: A Personal Perspective | If you’re invited to tour MIT’s Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. when they’re having a Lab Lunch, you’ll witness a mob of students, staff, and faculty sitting together over a meal, in pursuit of the social aspects of the lab’s free-wheeling “a... |
| Jan 8, 2018 | ‘Black Mirror’ Is Obsessed with Black Suffering | This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. It goes without saying that Black Mirror is one of the most bewitching sci-fi thrillers we currently have.
Now in its fourth season, the show explores everything from Star Trek-inspired tech ... |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Judge Smacks Down Another Anonymous Cop's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter | For the second time in less than a month, a judge — the same judge — has tossed out lawsuits from anonymous law enforcement officers filed against the social movement known as Black Lives Matter. Much like the no-name cop in the other idiot... |
| Sep 15, 2017 | As an early intervention, pediatricians must talk to their patients about racism | As an African-American physician who has experienced the effects of racism, I should be comfortable talking about it. I’m not — but I need to be.
That feeling was reinforced by a horrifying news story from the New Hampshire community where ... |
| Jun 6, 2017 | For DeRay Mckesson, the social justice movement needs to move from the streets to the statehouse | DeRay Mckesson has a plan.
The man who became one of the most recognizable faces (and social media voices through his over 800,000 person strong Twitter feed) for the campaign for social justice that launched in the wake of the police killi... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Are Emma Stone And Mahershala Ali Worse Off For Winning Oscars? | MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Roundup: Naturalicious, Ford STEAM Lab, MedHealth Summit & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Here’s a look at recent tech and innovation news from around Michigan:
—Gwen Jimmere, founder of Detroit-based beauty startup Naturalicious, has been named one of the 100 most... |
| Feb 16, 2016 | Clinton Announces Plan to Address 'School-to-Prison Pipeline' | Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday her $2-billion plan to hire social workers and staff for school districts nationwide in an attempt to tamp down on black students’ school suspension rates and end the “scho... |
| Jan 13, 2016 | The identity crisis behind Twitter’s switch to 10,000 characters | The internet erupted in outrage last week at reports that Twitter is poised to increase the limit for tweets from 140 to 10,000 characters.
The first rumours of such a move emerged in the tech news website Re/code back in September then aga... |
| Jan 11, 2016 | What’s up with Twitter, in fewer than 10,000 characters | |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Twitter.com finally gets diverse emojis | You can now #clapback your way to the holidays with the skin tone of your preference on Twitter.com.
The social network announced today that it updated its emoji roster to include racial diversity.
https://twitter.com/twitter/status/6746875... |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Twitter.com finally gets diverse emojis | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You can now #clapback your way to the holidays wi... |
| Apr 27, 2014 | How Real Kids Create Real Infographics | Infographics are a visually stunning way to deliver facts and statistics to readers. They have become incredibly popular recently on Pinterest, Twitter, and lots of other social media tools because users are looking for a quick way to get r... |
| Dec 6, 2013 | Get Ready For The Streaming-Music Die-Off | Streaming music gets one thing right. Services like Pandora, Rdio and Spotify are amazing for the consumer, and in that singular way, the music industry hasn’t been better in … probably ever.
At long last, we have the celestial jukebox we d... |
| Feb 27, 2013 | Music industry has to die to live | (MoneyWatch) The music industry is the source of two stories. One is the first global rise in sales since 1999. The other? The industry will again go after Internet users for alleged copyright infringement.
It's a curious combination that e... |
| Jan 18, 2013 | Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' Video Taken Down On Internet Freedom Day | We’ve been talking a lot today about Internet Freedom Day, and the anniversary of the SOPA/PIPA blackout. The folks at Fight for the Future noticed the proximity of Internet Freedom Day to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and decided an interest... |
| Nov 28, 2011 | New Parents Need To Nail Down Baby's Gmail Account And Twitter Handle | Google before naming |
| Jul 13, 2010 | RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales | We recently had a fun post about Hollywood accounting, about how the movie industry makes sure even big hit movies “lose money” on paper. So how about the recording industry? Well, they’re pretty famous for doing something quite similar. Re... |
| Apr 1, 2010 | Apple cancels iPad meetings with journalists | With its iPad computer due to appear in stores this Saturday, Apple had scheduled in-person iPad briefings with a small group of widely-read journalists, including one from VentureBeat.
But for reasons no one outside Apple has figured out y... |
