In the middle of Bowman’s comment, Foxx slammed the gavel nine times, demanding Bowman suspend his remarks, saying he cannot “engage in personality characterizations.” GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx bangs gavel 9 times to interrupt Jamaal Bowman: “Now I know none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will admit to being racist—and […]
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In the middle of Bowman’s comment, Foxx slammed the gavel nine times, demanding Bowman suspend his remarks, saying he cannot “engage in personality characterizations.” GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx bangs gavel 9 times to interrupt Jamaal Bowman: “Now I know none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will admit to being racist—and […]
Read More In the middle of Bowman’s comment, Foxx slammed the gavel nine times, demanding Bowman suspend his remarks, saying he cannot “engage in personality characterizations.” GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx bangs gavel 9 times to interrupt Jamaal Bowman: “Now I know none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will admit to being racist—and […]
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Gabriela Sá Pessoa is a journalist passionate about the intersection of human rights and climate change. She came to MIT from The Washington Post, where she worked from her home country of Brazil as a news researcher reporting on the Amazon, human rights violations, and environmental crimes. Before that, she held roles at two of […]
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McConnell said the GOP would focus primarily on flipping seats in Ohio, where Sherrod Brown is running for reelection, Montana (Jon Tester), West Virginia (Joe Manchin, who has been acting like a Republican anyway), and Pennsylvania (Bob Casey). The minority leader said he’s not confident his party can retake the Senate, but he plans to […]
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The tangled web of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ relationship with Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow keeps getting messier. It was bad enough when ProPublica revealed that Crow had lavished the Supreme Court Justice with fancy vacations, but things have taken a much more bizarre turn. Omari Hardwick Issues Statement In Full Support of WGA Writers […]
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Walgreens had said in January that it would offer mifepristone, one of the medications used to induce an abortion. The Food and Drug Administration changed its rules to allow pharmacies in states that still allow abortion to dispense the drug. Pharmacies would need to get certified to do so because the FDA currently classifies mifepristone […]
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“The question for her, and the country, is can she expand her brash MTG brand beyond the right wing, populist base?” the voice-over finishes. This half-critical, half-not approach characterized much of the interview. “Before Congress, she helped run the family construction company in Georgia,” the interview’s voice-over read in another part of the special on […]
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Netanyahu, meanwhile, on Wednesday proudly assured that “Israel was, is, and always will remain a proud democracy at the heart of the Middle East.” He went on to dismiss the massive protests against his judicial overhaul plan, which would help cement power for his own government and potentially help him avoid corruption investigations, as “a […]
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What she doesn’t say, but is everywhere implied, is that the task “of housecleaning (of narrating)” leaves as many marks of the writer’s own personality—conscious or unconscious—as do the choices we make about decorating our own homes. This, of course, restates Malcolm’s enduring insight: that journalism (like biography) is a kind of theft. Journalists and […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Historically, Black investigative journalists have used the power of the pen to unearth and underscore societal truths and reclaim their narratives. Now, Morehouse College is teaming up with the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting to empower the next generation of journalists and editors. Founded in […]
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At the end of December 2022, when Americans were getting ready to spend hours indoors with family and friends — often in their kitchens, preparing holiday meals on the stovetop — a new study reignited a decades-old debate. The peer-reviewed research by the environmental think tank RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute), the University of Sydney, and the […]
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Now that the initial knee-jerk reactions to having Generative AI as our companions have quieted down a bit, it’s time to get to work and master the skills so that Generative AI is working for us, not the reverse. Last week I wrote about the Kevin Roose shockwave, that forced every tech columnist to write […]
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Other parts of the Bill of Rights seem to fearmonger and imply that parents are never listened to in schools. The bill calls for school districts to consider community feedback when making decisions, allow parents to address school boards, and notify parents of violent activity happening on school grounds. These are already more-or-less standard practices […]
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Collectively, we’re glued to our screens, watching the birth of the age of AI. With Bing AI Chat and Google Bard unleashed for public experimentation there’s the same sort of riveted-meets-terrified that you get from watching a horror movie. I like to say that either we’ll use AI chatbots as our therapists, or we’ll start […]
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