Race and Algorithms
Algorithms dictate our world. They are used to predict crime, assess credit, screen resumes, and set prices. In health care settings, algorithms screen nearly 200 million people across the United States…
Huge Portland protest crowds, standoff with feds go on
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in Portland streets for another night of protests Friday, the same day a U.S. judge denied Oregon’s request to restrict federal agents’…
Trump on Portland mayor who was tear-gassed by federal agents: ‘They knocked the hell out of him’
President Trump called into Hannity Thursday night where he spoke about Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, who was tear-gassed by federal agents when he marched with demonstrators the night before. “We’ve been very, very strong,”…
Locust Attacks Pose “Serious Threat” To Food Security In India: UN Agency
Locust Attacks: The specialised UN agency said extreme weather events and climatic changes such as increases in temperature and rainfall over desert areas, and the strong winds associated with tropical…
Opinion | Take the Subsequent Step Towards Racial Justice
To redress systemic racism, America must create the circumstances for systemic reform. Transformational change would entail a brand new alternative agenda that confronts the foundation causes of structural racism. The…
India Forced Dissidents Into Jail Despite the Pandemic. Now They’re Getting Infected.
Jails in politically sensitive states such as Assam and Kashmir are reporting huge spikes. Many testing positive are critics of the Indian government and its controversial policies. Indian writer-activist Varavara…
Doctor Kristina Haenel (R) talks to her lawyer Monika Frommel in a court room of the local court in Giessen, Germany, 24 November 2017. The physician faces trial after illegally advertising for abortions on her homepage. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa (Photo by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
THE GROWING FIGHT AGAINST NAZI-ERA ABORTION LIMITS
Her case exposed Germany's abortion laws for a new generation — and she's not stopping there. In 2017, Kristina Hänel — a wiry German doctor with kind eyes and a…
The missing figure: Losing a father during the Khmer Rouge era
After the collapse of the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodians began their search for relatives from whom they had been separated. While some families reunited, others either lost their loved ones…
During the rise of the Khmer Rouge, Srun Seng Hot served as a covert intelligence agent working against the genocidal regime. Srun Sotith/ Documentation Center of Cambodia Archives
Four decades later, a tragic reunion between father and son
Even though my family assumed that my father was killed in a cave in Sampov Mountain, I always yearned to know about the details surrounding his death. Whenever I read…
Thousands of U.S. workers walk out in ‘Strike for Black Lives’
Organizers say economic inequality and systemic racism have only worsened since the pandemic Tens of thousands of workers nationwide walked off the job Monday in solidarity with the Black Lives…