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Juneteenth: Celebrating The Best Decision America Ever Made

Kevin Cohee, chairman and CEO of OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in the U.S., says financial literacy brings the full economic benefits of emancipation.

Boeing Hid Questionable Parts From Regulators That May Have Been Installed In 737 Max...

A current Boeing employee claims that the company tried to shield broken or out-of-specification 737 Max plane parts from regulators and lost track of them, according to a Senate subcommittee investigation made public Tuesday.

How Internalized Racism Shapes The Black Dating Experience

Racist norms are hard to escape when dating online, even in seemingly safe communities and platforms. European beauty aesthetics and anti-Blackness are embedded in our society and our software, something a single app can’t fix.

Surgeon General Demands Warning Label On Social Media Apps

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said the threat social media poses to children requires urgent action, and he demanded Congress to put a label on the apps as it does with cigarettes and alcohol.

FAA Was ‘too Hands-Off’ In Watching Troubled Planemaker Boeing, Agency Head Says

Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker said his agency is partly responsible for the safety problems at Boeing, admitting that it had been “too hands off” in its oversight of the troubled aircraft manufacturer.

Apple Is Now The Most Valuable U.S. Public Company

Apple edged past Microsoft on Thursday to become the most valuable public company in the United States, as announcements made at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference including generative AI features for iPhones sent the stock climbing.

America’s Rural Hospitals Keep Getting Attacked By Cybercriminals. Microsoft And Google Are Working To...

Microsoft and Google will offer free or discounted cybersecurity services to rural hospitals across the United States to make them less vulnerable to cyberattacks that have disrupted patient care and threatened lives, the White House and those tech firms said Monday.

Mothers Of Invention: Black Women Using Tech In Maternal Health  

To stop a disproportionately high maternal death rate, Black women have turned to technology to solve the problem.

How Big Tech Protects Victims’ Privacy In The Fight Against Human Trafficking

How does one measure a crime as pernicious and brutal as human trafficking without putting the victims behind the numbers at risk? Stacker compiled resources from the United Nations' International Organization for Migration, or IOM, to explain how new discoveries in statistical analysis are helping illuminate the dark world of human trafficking.

These Are The 13 States With Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Protection Laws

Public awareness about the need for digital privacy has consistently increased over the past two decades. As of March 2024, 13 states have comprehensive privacy protection bills in effect, while 20 others have proposals in the approval process. The legislation covers two categories: consumer rights and business obligations.

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Judge Allows Trump Administration To End Deportation Protections For Thousands Of...

A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for about 5,000 Ethiopians who had been living in the United States under a form of humanitarian relief.