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☆ Opinion | Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Jaime Lewis noticed that her eighth-grade son’s grades were slipping several months ago. She suspected it was because he was watching YouTube during class on his school-issued laptop, and her suspicions were validated. In fact, he opted out of retaking a math test he’d failed, just so he could watch YouTube,” she said. A few weeks ago, they had a meeting with the district superintendent and several other administrators, including the tech director. To bolster their case, Lewis and her allies put together a video compilation of clips that elementary and middle school children had gotten past the district’s content filters.

Persons: Jaime Lewis, “, ”, Lewis Organizations: YouTube, San Luis Coastal Unified School District Locations: San Luis, San Luis Obispo, Calif

☆ Harvard condemns antisemitic image circulated by pro-Palestinian groups on campus
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Harvard University and its interim president have condemned an image circulated on social media by pro-Palestinian campus groups, prompting the groups to remove and apologize for the posting. The three groups that circulated the image issued their own statements criticizing it. The groups said they had removed the image, but “it should never have been published to begin with. Garber assumed the post of interim president after former Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned last month amid criticism that she and the school had not responded sufficiently against antisemitism on campus. The criticism about Harvard’s response to antisemitism on campus has prompted some major financial donors to withdraw support of the school.

Persons: David, Muhammad Ali, Gamal Abdel Nasser, ”, Alan Garber, Garber, Claudine Gay, Gay Organizations: New, New York CNN — Harvard University, Harvard Faculty, Staff, Justice, Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, American Resistance Organization, Harvard, Capitol, Harvard University, Ivy League, Education, Workforce Committee Locations: New York, Palestinian, Palestine, Egypt, Israel, Gaza

The lawsuit accuses prison officials of placing inmates into confinement based on secret evidence, leaving them unable to challenge their placement. A number of lawsuits nationally have targeted the conditions of solitary confinement, saying that the treatment of incarcerated people there has led to psychiatric episodes of self-mutilation and death due to lack of adequate care. The lawsuit asks the court to end the use of secret evidence and solitary confinement for mental health patients. But mental health treatment in the prison is “grossly inadequate” and Maldonado's time in solitary confinement caused insomnia, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation, his lawyers said. Maldonado was prescribed an antidepressant, but was also taunted as being weak by others in solitary confinement, who can hear visits from mental health staff.

Persons: Angel Maldonado, ” Maldonado, “, Maldonado, ideation, ”, Alexandra Morgan, Kurtz, ” ___ Brooke Schultz Organizations: of Corrections, Correctional, Department of Corrections, Mental, Pennsylvania Institutional Law, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Pennsylvania, of Corrections ’, Fayette

Tesla has failed to investigate complaints of racist conduct and has fired or otherwise retaliated against workers who reported harassment, the EEOC said in the lawsuit. The lawsuit adds federal charges to discrimination claims by the state of California and lawsuits by Tesla employees. It follows the breakdown of settlement talks with the EEOC after Tesla announced that the agency had formally raised its concerns last year. The department alleges that Tesla discriminated against Black workers when making decisions about pay, promotions and work assignments. Tesla is also facing a class action lawsuit in California state court over the alleged mistreatment of Black factory workers.

Persons: Tesla, Charlotte Burrows, Stephen Lam, Burrows, ”, Owen Diaz, Diaz, Black, Daniel Wiessner, Leslie Adler, Daniel Wallis, Alexia Garamfalvi, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Tesla, U.S, Tesla Inc, Opportunity Commission, Motorists, REUTERS, California Civil Rights Department, Thomson Locations: Fremont , California, U.S, California, Fremont, Black, Albany , New York

☆ GM employee's racial bias lawsuit is revived over NY plant where nooses were displayed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a trial judge erred in dismissing Billie Banks' hostile work environment, disparate treatment and retaliation lawsuit against the automaker. Banks sued over conditions at GM's components plant in Lockport, New York, where she began working in 1996. The appeals court also found sufficient evidence that bias and an intent to retaliate were factors in Banks' demotion. The case is Banks v General Motors LLC et al, 2nd U.S.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Billie Banks, Banks, Denny Chin, Chin, William Skretny, nooses, Jonathan Stempel, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, U.S, Circuit, Commission, Exxon Mobil, Banks, 2nd U.S, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, New York, Manhattan, Lockport , New York, Buffalo , New York, Detroit, Baton Rouge , Louisiana, 2nd

☆ Rep. Ayanna Pressley says GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy isn't 'occupying any real estate in my mind' after he compared her to 'modern grand wizards' of the KKK
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ayanna Pressley on Sunday hit back at Vivek Ramaswamy after he compared her to a KKK grand wizard. In making his comments last week, Ramaswamy argued that Pressley and Kendi didn't embrace diversity of opinion among members of minority groups. Al Sharpton, Pressley firmly rejected Ramaswamy's remarks, calling his words "dangerous." … We don't need any more brown faces that don't want to be a brown voice," Pressley said during the event. "We don't need any more Black faces that don't want to be a Black voice."

Persons: Ayanna Pressley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Ibram, Ramaswamy —, United States —, Pressley, Kendi, Al Sharpton, Ramaswamy's, Sharpton, brutalized, Ali Velshi Organizations: Service, Republican, Democratic Rep, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Capitol, Boston City Council, Representatives, Ku Klux, MSNBC Locations: Iowa, Wall, Silicon, Ayanna Pressley of, India, United States, Charlottesville, Virginia

☆ Federal investigators are sure no one strangled Jeffrey Epstein
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The DOJ's watchdog released a report detailing the circumstances leading up to Jeffrey Epstein's death. The report confirms that Epstein died by suicide and was not strangled, as some have speculated. The report, however, slams federal officials for failing to prevent Epstein's death. The report also appears to confirm that Epstein died by suicide and was not strangled, as some have speculated. Justice Department officials also interviewed staffers at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Epstein was awaiting trial before his death.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein's, Epstein, —, SHU Organizations: Service, Justice, Metropolitan Correctional Center, SHU Locations: Manhattan

☆ Man Sentenced to 10 Months for Leaving Nooses and Racist Notes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Michigan man who tried to intimidate Black Lives Matter supporters by leaving nooses and threatening notes around his community and making racist phone calls in the summer of 2020 has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison and a year of supervised release, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday. The man, Kenneth D. Pilon, 62, pleaded guilty in December to two misdemeanor counts of willfully intimidating and attempting to intimidate citizens from engaging in lawful speech and protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, according to federal prosecutors. On June 14, Mr. Pilon, a retired optometrist, made nine phone calls to Starbucks stores in Michigan in which he told the employees who answered to make racist slurs toward their colleagues who wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts, prosecutors said. He also told one employee that he planned to lynch a Black person, they added. Happy protesting!” the Justice Department said.

☆ Exxon Sued by Federal Agency Over Nooses Allegedly Found at Louisiana Plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Exxon Mobil, based in Texas, operates refineries throughout the country, including in Baton Rouge, La. Federal authorities sued Exxon Mobil Corp. over five nooses they said were found at the oil company’s refinery in Baton Rouge, La., which they said had created a hostile work environment and subjected employees to racial discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in the lawsuit filed last week that between April 2016 and December 2020, employees and contractors reported finding the nooses throughout the refinery. The EEOC said Exxon had received the reports about the nooses but didn’t do enough to stop people from putting them up.

☆ ExxonMobil is accused of failing to protect workers after 5 nooses were found at its Louisiana chemical plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

ExxonMobil didn't protect workers from racial discrimination, a federal agency says in a new suit. Five nooses were found at a Louisiana Exxon plant, the EEOC says in the lawsuit. While the contractors were banned, the suit claims that ExxonMobil did not take other measures like counseling or policy changes. A supervisor removed the noose, but didn't notify human resources, and no investigation took place, the suit claims. McGhee reported the noose to his supervisor, and another investigation was unable to identify who installed the noose, the suit said.

Companies Exxon Mobil Corp FollowMarch 2 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) was sued for racial discrimination by a U.S. federal agency on Thursday, with charges alleging that the oil major failed to protect workers from harassment after nooses were found at one of its facilities in 2020. The EEOC said that at the time of this report, Exxon was already aware of three other such instances of nooses being displayed at the complex and a nearby refinery, and that a fifth noose was reported later in 2020. According to the EEOC, Exxon investigated some of these incidents, but not all, and "failed to take measures reasonably calculated to end the harassment." The federal agency alleged that Exxon's actions and omissions regarding the noose incidents "created a racially hostile work environment." The symbols of hate are unacceptable, offensive, and in violation of our corporate policies", Exxon said in a statement.

☆ ExxonMobil sued after a Black employee allegedly discovered a noose at work. It was the fifth at the same facility
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The EEOC alleges that in January 2020, a Black employee at Exxon (XOM)Mobil’s Baton Rouge chemical plant found a noose at his worksite and reported it to the company. The company failed to investigate each event and didn’t do enough to prevent further incidents, the EEOC alleges. Todd Spitler, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil, said in a statement that the company disagrees with the EEOC’s findings. “ExxonMobil promptly performed a thorough investigation of this claim, and there was no evidence to support allegations of discrimination,” he said. “The symbols of hate are unacceptable, offensive, and in violation of our corporate policies.”In 2021, multiple nooses were discovered at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut.

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