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Oklahoma governor signs law granting immunity for drivers who kill protesters
Apr 26, 2021 15:47Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a new law that would grant protections for drivers who hit and kill protesters while attempting to drive away from a protest and implements harsher penalties on people who block roads or highways during a protest.
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Analysis shows richest 10% now own nearly 70% of all household wealth in US
Apr 25, 2021 14:03Data acquired and calculated by financial news website Finbold indicates that 10% of the United States upper class account for 69.2% of the country’s total household wealth as of Q4 2020. The country’s top 1% richest controls a fortune of $38.91 trillion, translating to 31.4% of the entire household wealth. Another 9% of the rich account for 38.2% of the household wealth at $46.99 trillion.
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California officer charged in previous shooting kills Black man at intersection, video shows
Apr 25, 2021 13:50A white sheriff’s deputy in the San Francisco Bay Area shot and killed a Black man in the middle of a busy intersection about a minute after trying to stop him on suspicion of throwing rocks at cars last month, newly released video showed.
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Keys to making AI a force for social good
Apr 25, 2021 05:18Like all technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) requires governance to create an enabling environment and regulatory policies that maximize its benefits.
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EU asks states to back legal action against AstraZeneca
Apr 25, 2021 05:13EU capitals have been asked by the European commission to back legal action against AstraZeneca by the end of the week over an alleged breach of its contractual obligations to supply member states with its COVID vaccine.
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Cities drop most charges against BLM protesters as cops fail to provide evidence
Apr 24, 2021 03:32At least 90 percent of charges against Black Lives Matter protesters in a dozen jurisdictions have been dropped, dismissed or not filed, according to an analysis by The Guardian
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Chauvin is guilty, but the system is bigger than Chauvin and it must change
Apr 24, 2021 03:29The problem of US police brutality and violence and the links to white supremacism is hundreds of years old. One officer like Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, leading to Floyd’s death, facing a jail term will not change the entire system.
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Halt Israeli regime’s genocidal policies is Quds Day message
Apr 23, 2021 14:48As global solidarity movements in support of Palestine’s freedom struggle begin preparations for the annual Quds Day commemoration, America’s new administration, under Joe Biden, remains stuck in the mud.
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US colleges are using COVID as an excuse for austerity
Apr 23, 2021 14:46In the early days of the pandemic in the US, little was certain about the future — if students would defer fall enrollment, how states might cut education funding or if the federal government would step in to offset the financial impact of the crises.
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African-Americans not responsible for Asian hate crimes
Apr 23, 2021 02:39A fairly recent study which looked at the attacks on the Asian-American community between 1992 and 2014, suggested that almost 75% of attacks against the community, were carried out by white perpetrators. To those familiar with the history of the United States, this should come as no surprise.