Saturday, April 20, 2024

Trump, NFL protests and the price of freedom

A reader responds to Donald Trump’s remarks disparaging NFL players for peacefully protesting against the treatment of black Americans.

26 billionaires own as much as world’s 3.8 billion poorest people

“Inequality is not inevitable,” the report says, “it’s a political choice.” 

What will generative AI mean for the racial wealth gap? 

Big technological shifts have a history of keeping Black and other marginalized groups at or near the bottom of economic opportunities. Will this time be different?

How colonization of the Americas killed 90 percent of their Indigenous people – and changed...

There is now scientific evidence that links climate change to the first encounter and the cumulative destruction of Indigenous societies.

From mowing the grass to cutting the flesh

How young women learn to hate their genitals.

‘The US culture of violence is reaping what it has sown’

The U.S. is in the midst of an epidemic of mass killings. In the 215 days so far this year, the U.S....

Regulating tech is only half the job: Changing the underlying attitudes is the real...

Culture is largely responsible for up to 80% and more of what goes on in organizations.

The banality of evocation

Perhaps in 2020, the best monuments to the fight for women’s rights — for all our rights — may look nothing like what most of us would imagine.

ALEC Sets the table for gerrymandering, union busting, protecting fossil fuels, and privatizing schools

A breakdown of ALEC’s menu of policy proposals at the New Orleans conference.

Whose planet are we on?

What happens when LTAI (less than artificial intelligence) gives way to AI?