“A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases. Earlier this month, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the latest major city to ban facial recognition technology, joining a growing number of cities, including San Francisco, to ban the artificial…
Ryan Lum wants the City of Long Beach to do something more about climate change. For the elected office newcomer, climate change is one of a number of critical issues Lum is addressing as a candidate for the City Council seat for District 2. “I can describe myself as a plant-based activist and a climate…
“As Roe v. Wade faces unprecedented attacks, the new short film “Ours to Tell” puts a human face to the fight for reproductive justice and highlights those whose stories are often sidelined by the media: LGBTQ communities and communities of color. The film focuses on Ylonda, Nick, Hannah and Brittany, four people who discuss how…
“Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps marked the 75th anniversary of their liberation Monday, gathering at the rail depot where Jews from across Europe disembarked cattle trucks to be murdered in Nazi gas chambers. Polish President Andrzej Duda urged Holocaust remembrance at a time anti-Semitic attacks in Europe and the U.S. are on the rise….
“Shanna B. Tiayon, Ph.D., tackles the topic of unkindness, which she defines as a form of interpersonal trauma. Using her family’s 2018 experience with a National Parks Service bus driver at the Grand Canyon, as an illustration, she makes the connection between experiences with unkindness and guardedness; an absence of vulnerability. She offers viewers three…
“In Oakland, California, a months-long struggle between a group of unhoused mothers occupying a vacant home and the real estate firm that owned it ended with an unexpected offer to purchase the property earlier this week. The major win in the mothers’ fight against homelessness and real estate speculation comes just a week after Wedgewood…
“American students today are more comfortable than ever celebrating their identities in terms of race, class, sexual orientation or gender. But stereotypes continue nonetheless. NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs’ new “No Labels Attached” series has asked high-schoolers across the country to share their thoughts on how preconceived notions affect them and how hope can help overcome…
“Humanity is on its way to creating a “black ball”: a technological breakthrough that could destroy us all says philosopher Nick Bostrom. In this incisive, surprisingly light-hearted conversation with Head of TED Chris Anderson, Bostrom outlines the vulnerabilities we could face if (or when) our inventions spiral beyond our control — and explores how we…
“Jim Lehrer, longtime anchor of the PBS NewsHour, has died at the age of 85. Lehrer co-founded the show that would become the NewsHour with his journalism partner Robert MacNeil following their gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Watergate hearings in 1973. Their approach to reporting the news helped lay the foundation for modern public media reporting….
“In crafting their arguments against President Trump’s impeachment, Republicans are attempting to rewrite the problematic history of Andrew Johnson, the first U.S. president to be impeached in 1868. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Vice President Mike Pence lauds Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas for breaking with party lines to vote for Johnson’s…