US News Boston bans the use of facial recognition. [Link] Eight of the Minneapolis police officers to be fired since 2006, six have gotten their jobs reinstated after intervention from the police union. [Link] Senator Rand Paul is leading an effort to restrict police...
We all know you know better than to write such garbage as this. Someone says that "intelligence" says that the Russians are paying to have Americans killed in Afghanistan, huh? And you put your name on that? I mean sure, if you were David Sanger, but you're Charlie...
US News Three North Carolina cops were fired after accidentally recording themselves talking about killing black people. [Link] 1.5 million Americans filed for unemployment this week. Over 6 million have filed for unemployment since the start of June. [Link] The Air...
If the heads of the Federal Reserve are to be believed, Fed policies do not make wealth inequality worse. When asked recently if the Fed’s policies widen inequality, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly stated without reservation: “Not in my judgment.”...
US News Jamaal Bowman defeats high ranking House Democrat Elliot Engel. [Link] A black man in Michigan was wrongfully arrested after being identified by facial recognition. He was held for 30 hours before being released on bail. [Link] The FBI doubles down on...
Check out this story from NPR about the false imprisonment of a man based on facial recognition technology. What's interesting to me is the first part of the headline: Ain't nobody's fault! The box did it! This is a theme heavily explored by the great Neil Postman in...
US news Seattle authorities say they will dismantle the CHAZ after two shootings. [Link] Trump says he will sign an executive order protecting statues from hoodlums and anarchists. [Link] The government will release the first person held under the indefinite detention...
When George Floyd was killed last month, the nation was shaken out of its slumber in regard to police brutality in this country. Cities quite literally burned over the anger that has been boiling up over decades as cops kill people—who are often innocent, unarmed, and...
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