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Kamala Harris, the first female, Black, and Asian American vice president-elect, will be sworn in by Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court justice
Harris is the first female, Black, and Asian American vice president-elect in United States history. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images In a historic ceremony, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris wi...
Human Capital: Labor issues at GitHub, Facebook’s new civil rights exec and a legal battle against Prop 22
This week kicked off with a report of a GitHub worker who was fired after cautioning his coworkers in the DC area to stay safe from Nazis during the assault on the U.S. Capitol. Meanwhile, Facebook cr...
Twitter’s decentralized future
This week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally responded publicly to the company’s decision to ban President Trump from its platform, writing that Twitter had “faced an extraordinary and untenable cir...
Democratic leaders are demonizing 'defund the police' - but they don't have a better plan for reform
A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Defund the Police" during events to mark Juneteenth - which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed sla...
Trump's barbarism isn't just on display at the Capitol, he's also on a death penalty killing spree.
Anti-death-penalty activist Glenda Breeden holds a lamp while protesting against the execution of Lisa Montgomery on January 12, 2021. Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Trump's ...
Banning Parler isn't going to quash right-wing extremism. YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are all sources of radicalization.
Parler was removed from the Google Play Store, Apple's App Store, and booted off its servers, hosted by Amazon Web Services. SOPA Images / Getty Images Social media platforms worked together to ban...
Turkey is accused of extraditing Uighur Muslims to China in exchange for COVID-19 vaccines
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images The Turkish government has been accused of agreeing to deport Uighur Muslims to China to acce...
Answers to your 24 most pressing questions about the coronavirus vaccine, from side effects and costs to when you'll be able to get one
Registered Nurse Stephanie Cal receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Scott Heins/Getty Images Coronavirus vaccines are the main chance the US has to dig itself out of ...
Why Congress can't categorically reject and overturn presidential election results in the future
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the...
Ridiculous: Yale Law Prof Argues That Because Some In Congress Want More Moderation, That Makes Twitter A State Actor
I'm beginning to see where Josh Hawley got his totally nutty ideas about the 1st Amendment. The Wall Street Journal has an utterly insane piece by Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld -- currently suspen...
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