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☆ Media network Group Black faces a leadership in flux
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

All in all, Group Black said it planned to deploy $500 million in Black-owned media by the end of 2022. Some brands have provided updates on their commitments since, but gains by Black-owned media companies have been uneven overall. Group Black's idea was to help steer ad dollars to its member companies and use some of the ad dollars to buy stakes in media companies. It listed among its founding member companies Essence, which is part of Dennis' company, Sundial Media; podcast company Pod Digital Media; and lifestyle media company She Media. Various outlets also reported that Group Black sought to acquire stakes in media companies including Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group and Vox Media.

Persons: —, Travis Montaque, Montaque, Montaque hasn't, Kerel Cooper, Dan Bisgeier, Delida Costin, Mike Owen, Ryan Robertson, Marchelle Wright, Ashley Banks, Cooper, Holler, Richelieu Dennis, Bonin, Black, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ursula Burns, Fortune, Seth Kaufman, Moët Hennessy, Dennis Organizations: Service, Business, Black, Xerox, Moët Hennessy North America ., Media, Pod Digital Media, Sports, Arena, Vox Media Locations: Black

☆ Fact checking the CNN presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +69 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off during CNN’s presidential debate in Atlanta Thursday night. From CNN’s Daniel DaleFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. From CNN’s Daniel Dale and Ella NilsenFormer President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden take part in the CNN presidential debate on Thursday, June 27. From CNN’s Alicia WallaceFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. Kpler found that China imported about 511,000 barrels per day of Iranian crude in December 2020, Trump’s last full month in office.

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☆ Denied the 'right to hug': In many U.S. jails, video calls are the only way detainees can see loved ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dan_Headshot.Jpg | Dan Slepian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Reekila Harris-Dudley during a video call with her family at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10. In recent years, hundreds of jurisdictions around the United States have eliminated in-person visits, making a video screen the only way detainees can see their loved ones. The financial allure of video visitation was clear to local officials when the technology was first introduced in Genesee County a decade ago. In Genesee County, video calls are free — if the “visitor” travels to the jail and uses a screen there. The video visitation scheduling kiosk at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10.

Persons: Reekila Harris, Dudley, “, Harris, Dudley couldn’t, Lester Holt, Alec Karakatsanis, ”, Brenda, Phillip Dudley, Brenda Dudley, When’s, ’ ”, I’m, ” Reekila Harris, —, Wanda Bertram, Bianca Tylek, Julie Poehlmann, “ Young, ” Poehlmann, Karakatsanis, they’re, ViaPath, Securus, Chris Swanson, Swanson, Holt, Swanson —, ” Swanson, George Floyd’s, “ We’re, Kenzi Abou Organizations: NBC, Mastercard, ” Private, Technologies, NBC News, Genesee County’s, ViaPath, Initiative, PPI, Worth, U.S . “, University of Wisconsin, Michigan, “, Genesee, Genesee County Sheriff's, St, Karakatsanis Locations: Genesee, Flint , Michigan, America, Genesee County, Flint, Mich, United States, “, Genesee County Jail, Michigan, Travis, Texas, U.S, Madison, Clair County

☆ 15 things to watch to educate yourself about systemic racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

In 2018's "The Hate U Give," high school student Starr finds her voice as an activist after her friend is shot by a police officer in front of her. "Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right," IMDb writes. "It's so gripping to watch — as well as being, in places, just delightfully funny — that you never feel you're being preached to. It picks you up in one place and sets you down in another," wrote Stephanie Zacharek of Time. Our story is a reminder to never be afraid to raise our voice in the name of justice.

Persons: Starr, Angie Thomas, Khalil, Stephanie Zacharek, George Tillman Jr, George Floyd, Tillman Organizations: Fox Locations: Minneapolis

☆ Examining Workforce Changes in AI, C-Suites, HR, and DEI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Business Insider's "Workforce Innovation" series will explore how our jobs are changing by digging into four themes: AI, the changing C-suite, worker well-being, and DEI. The board will be composed of C-suite leaders from HR, strategy, technology, and DEI. The C-suite is getting more crowded, and jobs like chief growth officer and chief AI officer are becoming more common. Increasing amounts of data and the emergence of AI, Wiggins told BI, require companies to have roles beyond chief information officer or chief technology officer. "The future of DEI," Lawless said, "does need to be more diffuse."

Persons: we're, it's, Daron Acemoglu, Cody O'Loughlin Acemoglu, Acemoglu, Ty Wiggins, Russell Reynolds, Wiggins, Georgie Clarke, It's, Carly Holm, Leah Smith, Holm, George Floyd's, Regina Lawless, Charles Schoenberger, Lawless, Gen Z Organizations: Innovation Board, DEI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Russell Reynolds Associates, World Health Organization, Business, Employers, Companies Locations: —

☆ ‘The Whole World Smiles With You’ challenges the boundaries of Black art
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“These were the images that were easy for the art world to engage with. Akinkugbe hopes the exhibition shows the "sprawling" nature of Black figurative art. Courtesy Opera GalleryWhile public and institutional interest in Black art has been increasing steadily since 2008, attention and engagement is often inextricably linked to the news cycle. “I do think that in the art world, there was a huge reaction to 2020. “I think it could broaden someone’s idea of what Black art is.

Persons: London CNN —, tutu, Edgar Degas, Chicago, Thelonious Stokes, Stokes, Alayo Akinkugbe, ”, Louis Armstrong, ” Akinkugbe, George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Akinkugbe, Adjei, Amoako Boafo, Noel Anderson’s, Jazz Grant, ” Noel Anderson, Michael, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, David Hockney, Lucien Freud, Jenny Saville, Francis Bacon’s, Lucian Freud ”, “ I’ve, ’ Stokes, Jesus, “, reimaginings, ” Stokes, ArtNews, Morgan Stanley, “ It’s, We’ve, there’s Organizations: London CNN, Opera, CNN, Sound, Black Arts Movement, Harlem Locations: retiré ., London, Chicago, Florence, Minneapolis, Ghana, West Africa, African

☆ A lack of representation, careless comments and ‘racial banter’ – how British rugby is facing up to its diversity issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Just ask Black rugby player and England international Sadia Kabeya, who says a lack of cultural and ethnic diversity in her sport took a toll on her identity. Representation mattersA 2020 report by Sport England showed that the participation share of White British adults in rugby union was more than 90%, 8.2% higher than the national population share. A lack of diversity in the sport in England is also reflected in the demographics of rugby audiences. Kabeya is particularly passionate about the topic of Black rugby players’ hair. Its significance runs deep, given the historical links between Black hair and identity and also resistance.

Persons: Kabeya, ”, “, ” Kabeya, Maud Muir, Lucy Packer, David Rogers, you’re, White, ” “, ” Jatin Patel, weren’t, Luther Burrell, Burrell, ” Patel, Ashton Hewitt –, –, ” Hewitt, Hewitt, Tyler Miller, Liam Scott, Scott, Mike Hewitt, Patel, George Floyd Organizations: CNN — Elite, England, CNN Sport, Rugby Football Union, RFU, Rugby, Rugby Players Association, Nations, Richmond Women, CNN, Six Nations, Getty, Loughborough Lightning, Sport England, Diversity, Daily Mail, Newcastle Falcons, Dragons, United Rugby, Leinster, rugby, Ireland, Twickenham, Pictures Locations: ”, England, London, Richmond, Wales, Dublin, Black

☆ Prosecutor Drops Murder Charges Against Minnesota Trooper Amid Pushback
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The top prosecutor in Minneapolis has dropped murder charges against a state trooper who fatally shot a motorist last year after a traffic stop, her office said on Sunday, a stunning turnaround in a case that ignited a political firestorm. The trooper, Ryan Londregan, had been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Ricky Cobb II. But the prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, a longtime public defender who was elected Hennepin County attorney in 2022, said she concluded that the evidence was too weak to take to trial. For months, Ms. Moriarty defended the murder charges amid criticism from both Democratic and Republican officials, as well as law enforcement officials. Mr. Cobb, 33, was Black; Trooper Londregan, 27, is white.

Persons: Ryan Londregan, Ricky Cobb, Mary Moriarty, Moriarty, ”, George Floyd, Cobb, Londregan Organizations: Hennepin, Democratic, Republican Locations: Minneapolis, Hennepin County

☆ At a Moment of National Trauma, Biden Feels Compelled to Stay on the Sidelines
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But this was no ordinary extraordinary case. And President Biden was no disinterested bystander. If Mr. Biden spoke out directly, he would doubtlessly feed into Mr. Trump’s false narrative that the prosecution was nothing more than a political hit job to take out his challenger. Mr. Biden’s damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t conundrum meant that his political risks essentially outweighed his presidential imperatives. While many of his predecessors have played a pastoral role at other moments when the justice system was tested during incendiary cases — think Rodney King, Michael Brown or George Floyd — Mr. Biden concluded that speaking out would make things worse, not better.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s, Rodney King, Michael Brown, George Floyd — Mr Organizations: White Locations: United States

☆ ‘All Eyes on Rafah’: How a viral image of Gaza took over the internet
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Eyes being on Rafah has not stopped the violence, wrote scientist Ayesha Khan on Instagram. The phrase “All Eyes on Rafah” has been appearing in various graphics and images associated with the war in Gaza for months and is not necessarily tied to this specific viral image. “Because you’re directing everyone’s gaze to an image that doesn’t really show the horror of what happens in conflict zones.”What does ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ mean? Others have pointed out that the image does not actually include the words “Palestine” or “Gaza” — names that have been widely politicized even before October 7. “Rafah does not have the immediate name recognition for people who haven’t been paying attention,” said writer Heben Nigatu on X.

Persons: Gaza —, It’s, Tim Dillon, it’s, Ayesha Khan, Khan, Rik Peeperkorn, “, Peeperkorn, shahv4012, Faiza Hirji, Hirji, there’s, ” Hirji, haven’t, ”, Heben Nigatu, George Floyd’s, — “ Organizations: CNN, NBC, Health, West Bank, Ontario’s McMaster University Locations: Rafah, Gazan, Gaza, Instagram, West, ’

☆ Election Updates: A pro-McCormick super PAC plans a $30 million ad blitz in Pennsylvania.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Polls consistently show that his support from Black voters has declined to alarming levels for a Democrat. Four years ago, nearly nine in 10 Black voters nationwide cast their ballots for Mr. Biden, according to exit polls. Image Recently, Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris have been speaking directly to Black audiences at multiple events per week. “The Biden campaign is panicking because they see that Black voters aren’t buying what Biden is selling,” Ms. Thomas added. Recently, Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris have been speaking directly to Black audiences at multiple events per week.

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☆ ‘My eyes have been opened:’ Inside Elton John’s personal photography collection
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Victoria Woodcock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —“Fragile Beauty” is an exhibition of extremes. The new show of “Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection” at London’s Victoria & Albert museum (V&A) is at turns glitzy and gritty; joyfully pop and heart-wrenchingly poignant. “‘Fragile Beauty’ was chosen by Elton. Photography as a visual journalOne section, too, is titled “Fragile Beauty”, featuring work by Mapplethorpe, Hujar and McGinley. Elton even features in some of his own collection, as shown in David LaChapelle's "Elton John, Egg On His Face," 1999.

Persons: Sir Elton John, David, Marilyn Monroe, Nan Goldin, ”, Duncan Forbes, “, ’, Elton, Tristram Hunt, London’s, Tyler Mitchell's, Tyler Mitchell, Richard Avedon, Mitchell, John, Egglestons —, Newell Harbin, Hujars, ’ Elton John “, Forbes, Tom Bianchi's, Tom Bianchi, Fahey Klein, “ They’re, It’s, “ We’re, Ronald Fisher —, Newell, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mapplethorpe, Elton John, Sunil Gupta’s, Christopher Street ”, George Platt Lynes, Zanele Muholi, Peter Hujar's, Darling, Hujar, Mel Roberts, Gilbert, George’s, Ryan McGinley’s, Don Herron’s, Keith Haring, Peter Hujar, McGinley, Mary Ellen Mark, John’s, David Fahey, David LaChapelle's, Egg, David LaChapelle “, Fahey, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts, Horst P, Horst, Robert Mapplethorpe's, Roy DeCarava, Julio Cortez’s, George Floyd, Hunt Organizations: CNN, Albert, London’s Tate, Vogue, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Elton John Aids Foundation, ”, Rights Society New, Associated Press Locations: British, Atlanta, London, Los Angeles, “, Harbin, New York, American, Rights Society New York, Seattle, France, Britain, Minneapolis

☆ Biden Asks What Trump Would Have Done if Capitol Rioters Were Black
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | Maya King | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden made an aggressive push on Wednesday to head off former President Donald J. Trump’s modest gains among Black voters, condemning his Republican opponent as a racist who had lied to Black Americans about what his term in office delivered them. Speaking alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Philadelphia, Mr. Biden pressed home a series of arguments about why Black voters should choose him over Mr. Trump, who has been trying to court Americans of color. “This is the same guy who wanted to tear-gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder,” Mr. Biden told the predominantly Black crowd as he and Ms. Harris announced a national coalition of Black voters working on their behalf. “The same guy who still calls the Central Park Five guilty even though they were exonerated. He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin.”Invoking the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and nodding to Mr. Trump’s remarks about pardoning the rioters, Mr. Biden said: “What do you think would have happened if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol?

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Kamala Harris, Trump, George Floyd’s, ” Mr, Harris, Trump’s, Black, ” Organizations: Republican, Black Locations: Philadelphia

☆ R.F.K. Jr. Denounces the Removal of Confederate Statues
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Chris Cameron | More About Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denounced the removal of hundreds of Confederate statues and other monuments across the United States after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. While defending the statues, Mr. Kennedy also said that there were “heroes in the Confederacy who didn’t have slaves,” though when he later picked an example of a Confederate whom he idolized, he singled out Robert E. Lee, a prominent general in the rebel army who owned slaves. “I have a visceral reaction against the attacks on those statues,” Mr. Kennedy said on the podcast, which was hosted by Tim Pool, a right-wing commentator. Mr. Kennedy had been asked specifically about the removal of a statue of Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in 2021. He added that “if we want to find people who are completely virtuous on every issue throughout history, we would erase all of history.”

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, George Floyd, Kennedy, Donald J, Robert E, Lee, ” Mr, Tim Pool, Mr, ” Organizations: Libertarian National Convention, Trump Locations: United States, Minneapolis, Washington, Lee, Charlottesville, Va

☆ Even as Violent Crime Drops, Lawlessness Rises as an Election Issue
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In mid-2020, the country was reeling from a surge in violent crime and civil upheaval after the killing of George Floyd by the police — a knife’s-edge national crisis that President Donald J. Trump made a central issue in the run-up to Election Day. Four years later, the nation’s crime rates have shifted. Homicide rates are tumbling from pandemic highs in most cities, funding for law enforcement is rising, and tensions between the police and communities of color, while still significant, are no longer at a boiling point. But property crime, carjackings and smash-and-grab burglaries are up, adding to a sense of lawlessness, amplified on social media and local online message boards. of fabricating positive crime data to bolster Mr. Biden.

Persons: George Floyd, Donald J, Trump, ”, ” Joseph R, Biden, shoplifters Organizations: —

☆ Opinion | Minnesota Republicans Just Endorsed an Alex Jones Acolyte for Senate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Royce White, a Black former pro basketball player who led protests in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd, made his first appearance on “The Alex Jones Show” about two years ago. Jones, a purveyor of conspiracy theories about everything from 9/11 to the murder of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was thrilled by their conversation. “You’re awesome, you’re dead-on, and we’re going to learn a lot from you,” he enthused. to accommodate his generalized anxiety disorder, a public stand that won him journalistic admiration even as his athletic career faltered. “Royce White Towers Above the Minneapolis Protests, and Thousands Are Looking Up to Him,” said a Washington Post headline.

Persons: Royce White, George Floyd, Alex Jones, ”, Jones, White, Dave Zirin, Billie Jean King, Muhammad Ali, “ Royce, Donald Trump, ” White, Louis Farrakhan, Robert Malone ” —, Steve Bannon, Bannon, Trump’s, delighting, it’s, Tulsi Gabbard Organizations: Sandy Hook Elementary, Minneapolis Protests, Washington Post, CNN, Democratic, Trump Locations: Minneapolis, Israel

☆ Golf champ Scottie Scheffler arrest video released, officer broke body camera rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Scottie Scheffler arrives to the course during the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 17, 2024. Detective Bryan Gillis "should have turned on his body-worn camera but did not," Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a press conference. The footage came from a pole camera and a police car dashboard camera. Some legal analysts expected the press conference to announce the reduction of felony charges against Scheffler. Scheffler's lawyer, Steven Romines, after the press conference said, "Scottie Scheffler didn't do anything wrong."

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Ben Jared, Bryan Gillis, Jacquelyn Gwinn, Villaroel, Craig Greenberg, Gillis, Greenberg, Timothy D, Steven Romines, Romines, it'll, Scottie, Breonna Taylor, Taylor's, George Floyd, LMPD, Scheffler, —, abrasions, Ted Scott Organizations: PGA, Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville Metro Police Department, Louisville, Louisville Police, Easley, AP Louisville, Scheffler, Police, of Justice, Louisville police, DOJ, Valhalla Golf Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, Louisville, Ky, Minneapolis

☆ Brooklyn Protest Raises Doubts About N.Y.P.D. Commitment to New Tactics
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Maria Cramer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last September, the New York Police Department signed a sweeping agreement in federal court that was meant to end overwhelming responses to protests that often led to violent clashes, large-scale arrests and expensive civil rights lawsuits. The sight of hundreds of officers in tactical gear moving in on pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Saturday suggested to civil libertarians that the department might not abide by the agreement when it is fully implemented. At least two officers wearing the white shirts of commanders were filmed punching three protesters who were prone in the middle of a crosswalk. And film clips of recent campus protests showed some officers pushing and dragging students, a handful of whom later said they had been injured by the police, though many officers appeared to show restraint during the arrests. “I think members of the public are very concerned that the police will be unwilling or unable to meet their end of the bargain,” said Jennvine Wong, a staff attorney with Legal Aid, which, along with the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against the city over the department’s response to protests in 2020 after the killing of George Floyd.

Persons: ”, Jennvine Wong, George Floyd Organizations: New York Police Department, Legal, New, Civil Liberties Union Locations: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

☆ Election Updates: Trump will speak at a Minnesota fund-raiser, hoping the state’s political divide will put it in play.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

On Friday, the former president will be back, speaking at a fund-raising dinner for the Minnesota Republican Party in St. Paul that is open only to paying guests and invited media. Whether the visit is a feint to draw Democratic dollars to the state or a true effort to expand the electoral map, only the Trump campaign knows. The Trump campaign believes it can capitalize on — or foment — a backlash to the leftward march of the Twin Cities and still-fresh memories of the unrest after the killing of George Floyd. “We have a real opportunity to expand the map here,” Chris LaCivita, a senior Trump campaign adviser, told The Associated Press ahead of Mr. Trump’s visit. In an interview with a conservative radio station in March, Mr. Trump falsely claimed he won Minnesota in 2020.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Paul, ”, Angie Craig, Richard M, Nixon, Trump’s, Clinton, Biden, “, Pete Stauber, Donald Trump, Dean Phillips, Phillips, Mr, Jack Rendulich, Collin Peterson, Rick Nolan, Stauber, Tim Walz, George Floyd, Ilhan Omar, Floyd’s, Chris LaCivita, Jim Manley, Barack Obama, Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota’s Organizations: Minnesota Republican Party, Trump, Republican, Republicans, Democratic, ”, Democrat, Mr, Associated, Agriculture, Democratic Socialists of America, City Council, Democrats, Twin, Alpha, Associated Press, North, North Carolina, Midwest, Minnesota Locations: Minnesota, St, Minneapolis, Paul, ” Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, Twin Cities, Democratic, City, Gaza, North Carolina, Illinois

☆ Biden team consulted prominent Morehouse alumni to craft commencement speech that’s expected to praise student voices
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Kayla Tausche | Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The voices of students have grown even more clear, particularly in the last few years,” Allen told CNN in an interview, pointing to the protests following George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter movement. Among those issues, according to people familiar with the discussions, was student worry that their achievements would be overshadowed by a stump speech. On this day, he’s a commencement speaker for these young men, and that’s what he plans to do – be a commencement speaker,” Benjamin told CNN in an interview. At Morehouse, Biden’s broader economic message touting the expansion of the middle class is likely to hit home, according to Allen. HBCUs “continue to be the number one engine for promoting African Americans into the middle class,” Allen told CNN.

Persons: Joe Biden, Tony Allen, Biden’s, ” Allen, George Floyd’s, Stephen Benjamin, Biden, he’s, ” Benjamin, Donald Trump, haven’t, ” Dr, Eddie Glaude Jr, ” Glaude, Jeh Johnson, Randall Woodfin, Steven Reed, Cedric Richmond, ” Richmond, Richmond, Allen, HBCUs “, ” Organizations: CNN, Morehouse College, Delaware State University, White House, Atlanta, Princeton University’s Department of African American Studies, Morehouse, Trustees, White, Homeland, Black, National Museum of, “ Locations: Gaza, Birmingham , Alabama, Montgomery , Alabama, Black

☆ Opinion | Wokeness Is Dying. We Might Miss It.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There is much about that febrile moment worth satirizing, including the white-lady struggle sessions inspired by the risible Robin DiAngelo and the inevitable implosion of Seattle’s anarchist Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Bowles dissects both in the book’s best sections. “At various points, my fellow reporters at major news organizations told me roads and birds are racist,” she writes. Exercise is super racist.” Even allowing for 2020’s great flood of social-justice click bait, these are misleading and reductive caricatures. It’s hardly revisionist history, for example, to point out that Interstates were tools of racial segregation.

Persons: Nellie Bowles, George Floyd, Donald Trump’s, ”, “, Robin DiAngelo, Bowles dissects, Tom Wolfe’s “, Joan Didion’s “, It’s Organizations: New York Times, Capitol, Capitol Hill Autonomous Locations: Capitol Hill, Bethlehem

☆ Schools in One Virginia County to Reinstate Confederate Names
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Campbell Robertson | More About Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a meeting that lasted for hours, the Shenandoah County school board voted early Friday morning to restore the names of three Confederate officers to schools in the district. With the vote, the district appears to be the first in the country to return Confederate names to schools that had removed them after the summer of 2020, according to researchers at the Montgomery, Ala.-based Equal Justice Initiative. The schools were renamed the next year as Honey Run and Mountain View. But a fury had been unleashed in the rural county in the mountains of Virginia. People crowded into school board meetings, denouncing the naming process as secretive and rushed, and voicing deeper resentments about cultural changes they saw as being foisted upon them.

Persons: George Floyd, — Ashby, Lee Elementary, Stonewall Jackson, Honey Organizations: Initiative, Lee, Stonewall Locations: Shenandoah County, Montgomery, Ala, Virginia

☆ Sheriff Releases Body Camera Footage in Police Killing of Airman in His Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Under mounting pressure to offer a justification for the fatal police shooting of a U.S. Air Force senior airman in his own apartment last week, a Florida sheriff on Thursday released body camera footage of the deadly encounter. The footage shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, answering the door of his apartment in the Florida Panhandle and immediately being shot by a deputy from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Some of those accusations appeared to be undercut by the body camera video. The lawyers said they were based on information from Airman Fortson’s girlfriend, who had been on a video call with him during the episode. They did not dispute that Airman Fortson was armed but said that he had every right to be as a legal gun owner in his own home.

Persons: Roger Fortson, Fortson, “, Ben Crump, George Floyd —, Fortson’s Organizations: U.S . Air Force, Florida Panhandle, Sheriff’s Office Locations: Florida, Okaloosa

☆ Corporate America Is Going Un-Woke: Reversing DEI, Sustainability Plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Plenty of companies are reining in their rhetoric and in some cases action on issues such as sustainability and diversity. Over the past decade, many corporations have at least professed to take a more active role in social issues, under pressure from their customers and, more importantly, employees. After last year's Bud Light debacle, which was a real blow to its business, executives fear they'll be the next target of some anti-woke outcry. For the fourth quarter of 2020, 131 companies mentioned ESG, and 34 mentioned DEI or diversity and inclusion. This may be a great un-wokening, but maybe corporate America was actually never that committed to the idea in the first place.

Persons: Paul Polman, It's, Naomi Wheeless, Eventbrite, Donald Trump, Larry Fink, George Floyd's, ESG, Andrew Jones, there's, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, haven't, Philip Mirvis, Bud, they'll, they'd, Jones, it's, Fink, FactSet, — we're, wasn't, Alison Taylor, University's, we've, Roe, Wade, Taylor, isn't, Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light's, Kenneth Pucker, Emily Stewart Organizations: Unilever, Unilever wasn't, Unilever isn't, Companies, Business, Sporting Goods, Conference Board's ESG, Morningstar, Babson, AIG, Amazon, ExxonMobil, University's Stern School of Business, Anheuser, Busch, Fletcher School, Tufts University Locations: Plenty, America, ESG, New, Charlottesville

Washington CNN —The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday and arrested 30 protesters there and three others in a separate altercation, Metro Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said. Yet after police cleared the encampment, House Oversight Chair James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, announced the hearing was canceled and took credit for spurring action. GW’s encampment was set up about two weeks ago in the University Yard, a grassy square on campus surrounded by a food hall and university buildings. Officers deployed pepper spray three timesPeople listen as activists and students protest near an encampment at University Yard, George Washington University on April 28, in Washington, DC. Ahmed El Masry, a demonstrator at the GW encampment, said he left the encampment at about 2 a.m. but rushed back about two hours later when he heard police were working to clear the space.

Persons: George Washington, Pamela A, Smith, Muriel Bowser, James Comer, Mayor Bowser, ” Comer, Ellen Granberg, “, Kent Nishimura, Jeffery Carroll, GW, ” GW, Ahmed El Masry, ”, …, “ I’m, we’ve, ” Dante O’Hara, ” O’Hara, –, Joyce F, Brown, spokespeople, ” Brown, Chancellor Javier Reyes, George Floyd, Pam Smith Organizations: Washington CNN, The Metropolitan Police Department, Metro Police, Washington, Republican, Police, University Yard, MPD, Yard, George Washington University, GW Police, ”, Police Department’s, DC, Coalition, UMass, Amherst, CNN, Fashion Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts, NYPD, Massachusetts Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts Police Department, DC Metropolitan Police Locations: Washington , DC, Kentucky, Gaza, Israel, “, GWU, New York City, Amherst

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