In case you missed it, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder, and CEO of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company, is currently on trial and will be facing a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if found guilty. Holmes is accused of allegedly deceiving doctors, investors, and patients from 2010 till…
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Watch: The Racial Politics of Time
In this TED Talk from TEDWomen, cultural theorist Brittney Cooper explores the racial politics of time: how time has been stolen from Black people by white supremacy, and with it, opportunities, health, and joy. This TED Talk will make you think about time in a whole new way. Check it out above. Have you ever…
How Joy-Ann Reid’s Comments About “the Way Muslims Act” Absolves White Supremacy From Its Role in Terrorism
Earlier this week, MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid made some blatantly Islamophobic remarks when she compared white supremacists to Muslims who get radicalized in war-torn Muslim-majority countries. “When leaders, let’s say in the Muslim world, talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence including on their own bodies in…
Call It What It Is: Deadly Mass Shooters Are Domestic Terrorists
If you search, “mass shootings in US” on Google, you’ll most likely find stories about the latest mass shootings and death tolls America has endured within the last week in El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, Gilroy, California, and Brooklyn, New York. Before that, mass shootings in Florida and South Carolina in January. The mass shootings…
How Did a #HateCrimeHearing Devolve Into an Echo Chamber for White Nationalism?
“February 10, 2015, that was the day our lives changed forever when my two daughters Yusor and Razan, and my son-in-law Deah, were shot to death execution style in Yusor and Deah’s home in Chapel Hill. When we arrived at the scene, yellow tape and flashing lights froze the blood in our veins. We waited…