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☆ Black Americans are getting support for reparations from other multiracial groups
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Stephanie Elam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Mass is part of a growing wave of multiracial support for Black American reparations – with many Jewish and Japanese organizations among them. It’s just human beings.”Amy Iwasaki Mass reads her 1981 testimony in favor of redress for Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II. “But I do think Japanese Americans as a group do understand what it’s like to be excluded on the basis of race.”Acknowledging the cost of historyPassage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 gave affected Japanese Americans the $20,000 payment and a formal letter of apology from President Ronald Reagan. Tamaki and Simon agree that arguments against reparations fail to acknowledge the cost of being part of a society. That’s called being a citizen.”Tamaki agrees that the work to repair the damage done to Black Americans is expensive and arduous, but it must begin at some point.

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☆ Bitcoin is on track for its first monthly drop of the year, stalling 2023's huge rally as macro uncertainty builds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The European Central Bank is tightening as well to combat surging prices, with rates at levels not seen since the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. In addition, central bank tightening can also lead to a decline in bitcoin prices." "There's no doubt that bitcoin's price as well as wider crypto market movements are directly impacted by the US Federal Reserve and central bank policies. "We can therefore expect a continued disenfranchisement with the US dollar and uptake of bitcoin and other crypto assets. This will be reflected in price and we can surely expect upward price movements in bitcoin, even in 2023," Caselin told Insider.

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☆ I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Connie Wang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

In my freshman class alone, there was a Connie Zheng, a Connie Guo, a Connie Xu, a few Connie Chengs, and multiple Connie Wangs. That ayi was Constance Yu-Hwa Chung, or, as the world knows her, Connie Chung. Connie Chung hosting the “CBS Evening News” in 1991, the year after the author named herself Connie. Connie Wang Connie Koh Connie Yang Connie Tang Connie Jang Connie Chung Connie Moy Connie Huang Connie Kwok Connie Chang Connie Sun Connie Chung, center, surrounded by 10 members of Generation Connie. Clockwise from top right, Connie Yang, Connie Tang, Connie Moy, Connie Sun, Connie Chang, Connie Kwok, Connie Huang, Connie Jang, Connie Wang and Connie Koh.

☆ An AI safety expert outlined a range of speculative doomsday scenarios, from weaponization to power-seeking behavior
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A research paper by an AI safety expert speculates on future nightmarish scenarios involving the tech. A recent paper authored by Dan Hendrycks, an AI safety expert and director of the Center for AI Safety, highlights a number of speculative risks posed by unchecked development of increasingly intelligent AI. Emergent goals: It's possible that, as AI systems become more complex, they obtain the capability to create their own objectives. An AI safety expert outlined a range of speculative doomsday scenarios from weaponization to power-seeking behavior. A similar sentiment was recently expressed in an open letter signed by Elon Musk and a number of other AI safety experts.

☆ Picasso: Love Him or Hate Him?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Deborah Solomon | April | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

It is not hugely cool to profess a love for Picasso these days. This is what Picasso’s detractors — like Hannah Gadsby, the Australian comedian and Picasso basher, who will help curate a Picasso show at the Brooklyn Museum opening on June 2 — often miss. Picasso, by contrast, brought the weight of lived experience into his work, even when he was tethered to archetypal subjects. “The Mother” (1901), an early painting by Picasso, shows a view of motherhood purged of Renaissance idealization. The conventional view of the painting holds that the women are “dolled-up cocottes,” as John Richardson glibly put it in his biography of Picasso.

"It's not just me and my children, future generations from our community in Jammu and Kashmir will vote for the BJP." A BJP victory in the disputed region could consolidate India's claim over the territory on the global stage. "We have taken a pledge to cross 50-plus seats to form the next government with a thumping majority," the BJP's president for Jammu and Kashmir, Ravinder Raina, told Reuters. Jammu has about 5.3 million inhabitants, 62% of whom are Hindu while Kashmir Valley has 6.7 million, 97% of them Muslim, according to a 2011 census. Previously unreported official records show just over 5.3 million certificates had been issued as of September.

Harry also recalled explaining that “the difference here is the race element.”In the end, the series offers no massive revelations or bombshells yet. That wasn’t addressed in this first volume from Netflix, so any bombshells the palace fears may still be yet to come. WATCHThe much-anticipated docuseries “Harry & Meghan” offers an intimate look at the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Video Ad Feedback Reporter breaks down what's in the 'Harry & Meghan' Netflix series so far 03:06 - Source: CNNKEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SUSSEX DOCThe series included photos of the Sussexes in both public and private moments. WHO IS LIZ GARBUS, THE DIRECTOR HARRY AND MEGHAN ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR SERIES?

☆ GOP election officials in two Arizona counties are delaying certifying their votes on the basis of unproven voting machine claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Election officials in two Arizona counties are delaying certifying the midterm election results. The officials are citing unproven claims about voting machines in Maricopa County. The decision was made in protest against what some Republicans claim are irregularities in the midterm vote in Maricopa County, the state's largest county. Voting machines have long been the subject of far-right conspiracy theories, especially following Donald Trump's 2020 presidential election defeat, though no claims have been proven. On November 2o it was reported that Arizona Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich had demanded that county officials provide a report on voting machine issues during the midterms.

☆ Tom Petty's estate slams Kari Lake, who lost the Arizona governor race, for using his song 'I Won't Back Down' in her campaign: 'This is illegal'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tom Petty's estate criticized Kari Lake's campaign for using his song "I Won't Back Down." "This is illegal," the estate tweeted, adding that Lake's campaign used the song without permission. On Thursday, Petty's estate tweeted that the 1989 hit song was "stolen and used without permission or a license to promote Kari Lake's failed campaign." The Arizona Republic reported that Lake's campaign used the song in a YouTube montage of her on the campaign trial that has since been taken down. This wasn't the first time Petty's estate has called out a politician for using the artist's music.

Although prominent election deniers in critical battleground states lost at the polls, their movement has had far-reaching impact. In reality, the livestream app suffered a glitch that caused the cameras to stop working, county officials said in a statement after investigating the blackout. IN ARIZONA, BOOSTING SECURITYIn Arizona's Maricopa County, election officials strengthened doors, added shatterproof film on windows and stationed a security guard in the ballot-counting room. In Georgia's Gwinnett County, which includes part of the greater Atlanta area, election officials held planning meetings with local law enforcement to beef up security, Elections Supervisor Zach Manifold told Reuters. The plan included keeping sheriff's officers on site for longer to ensure election staff felt safe, he said.

☆ Voting machine problems in battleground Arizona seized on by Trump, election deniers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Richer called the malfunctions "disappointing" and correctly predicted that election deniers and conspiracists such as Trump would "exploit" the issue. The state's Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has echoed Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 election, also seized on the machine problems, issuing a "voter alert" on her Twitter account. Trump, Lake and other election deniers have been calling for the end of electronic voting machines, Election Day-only voting, and the use of just paper ballots and hand counts, a process that is time-consuming, costly and far less accurate than machine counting. The machine malfunctions fueled distrust among many Republican voters in Arizona that fraud was involved, especially after Trump issued a statement on his Truth Social platform. "Reports are coming in from Arizona that the Voting Machines are not properly working in predominately Republican/Conservative areas," Trump said, adding: "Here we go again?

☆ The Black vote in Louisiana elections has been diluted by the GOP redefining Blackness
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Max Burns | Max Burns Is A Democratic Strategist | Founder Of Third Degree Strategies. Find Him On Twitter | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Louisiana Republicans are trying to minimize the number of Black voters who count as, well, Black. To overcome this remaining hurdle, Louisiana Republicans are trying to minimize the number of Black voters who count as, well, Black. They claim that those who identify as multiracial — say, Black and Latino or Black and Asian — were wrongly used to bolster the calculations for Black minority opportunity zones. “This is Jim Crow-era stuff — a state with a Black population of over 30% has a single Black member of Congress. “Southern states with large Black populations want to control where the Black voters are represented and how.

☆ Most states allow at least some Americans with felony convictions to vote. See the laws in every state.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Kayla Gallagher | Shayanne Gal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Voting rights for Americans with felony convictions have been at least partially restored in most states. Only Vermont, Maine, and the District of Columbia allow all people with felony convictions to vote. In 21 states, those with felony convictions can vote after they're released from prison. In 11 states, people with felony convictions are indefinitely disenfranchised. As of October 2022, an estimated 4.6 million Americans were barred from voting due to felony convictions, according to the Sentencing Project.

☆ Leaked documents show White House blocked government website used to recruit election workers during the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Government emails and documents exclusively obtained by Insider reveal an internal fight within the Trump administration over whether to create the poll-worker recruitment website HelpAmericaVote.gov. The White House's Office of Management and Budget initially rejected the Election Assistance Commission's request to create the website. EAC officials immediately resubmitted their HelpAmericaVote.gov request. In a separate statement to Insider, the General Services Administration, which had overseen distribution of ".gov" website domains since 1997, confirmed it was no longer involved in approving or denying federal agencies' website requests. Hovland added his agency's request for the HelpAmericaVote.gov website contained all the information OMB required and that he was "surprised" approval was so difficult to obtain.

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