Using Facebook’s Own Data to Understand the Platform’s Role in Jan. 6
Imagine you’re a journalist and you receive a collection of tens of millions of posts from more than 100,000 Facebook groups. You think there’s...
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee calls for Russia to release WNBA star Brittney Griner
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has called on the Russian government to release WNBA star Brittney Griner from custody.
The 72-year-old congresswoman represents Griner’s hometown...
Black women are creating a pipeline of diversity in the tech sector
Black women are leading the charge on the revolution to increase representation in the technology sector.
Latoya Elder and Sherrell Dorsey have developed mentorship programs...
House passes anti-lynching bill after more than 200 failed attempts
Better late than never. After more than 200 failed attempts since 1900, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that makes lynching...
Her Story Brought Down Alaska’s Attorney General. A Year Later, She Feels Let Down.
More than a year after the acting Alaska attorney general suddenly resigned, the criminal investigation into his alleged sexual contact with a teenager decades...
When Billionaires Don’t Pay Taxes, People “Lose Faith in Democracy”
Last year, ProPublica began publishing “The Secret IRS Files,” a series that has used a vast trove of never-before-seen tax information on the wealthiest...
Prosecutors in charge of Trump criminal probe have resigned
The two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business dealings suddenly resigned Wednesday,...
She Said Her Husband Was Abusive. A Judge Took Away Her Kids and Ordered...
After the judge in her Wisconsin divorce case ruled that her ex-husband — a man who had sought treatment for anger and alcohol issues...
How Bots and Fake Accounts Push China’s Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland
Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as an unalloyed success, a celebration of sports and political harmony that...
If the Kids Had Been White, Would Any of This Have Happened?
by Karim Doumar
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