‘Validation’: That’s what one Pittsburgh police officer wanted from a little-used law meant to...
By Megan Harris and Rich Lord
Editor’s note: This story contains references to trauma and sexual violence.
Officer X’s Fitbit congratulated her on her...
Black woman dies after allegedly falling out of police car in Georgia
A Georgia woman was pronounced dead after she allegedly “fell out of a patrol car” following a mental health episode.
28-year-old Brianna Marie Grier, who...
Help ProPublica Investigate “We Buy Houses” Practices
by Byard Duncan, Anjeanette Damon and Sarah Smith, ProPublica
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Robots became racist after AI training, always chose Black faces as ‘criminals’
The results of a new study are thought to be the first to demonstrate that robots programmed with an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm exhibited...
Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago
by Nicole Santa Cruz
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Federal Patient Privacy Law Does Not Cover Most Period-Tracking Apps
by Charles Ornstein
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Interest rates, price increases stand to have outsized effect on Black consumers, businesses
Black Americans — who already make less money, have a harder time securing loans for their businesses and have less financial security — stand to...
Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman Supreme Court justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on Thursday after officially being sworn in as the first Black woman justice to serve on the Supreme Court...
Autistic Adults Have Become Increasingly Visible in Media, Books, Television, and More in the...
New research from UC Santa Cruz shows incremental improvements in the representation of autistic adults in film, television, books, media coverage, and advocacy organization...
Hate Sites Using the Wider Abortion Argument to Spread Racism and Extremism
White supremacists are using the debate around women’s reproductive rights to promote racist and extremist agendas, finds a new study released today – following...
