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Dr. William Curtis got exposed on Facebook.
MIT and Stanford University researchers found skin color and gender bias in three commercially released facial analysis programs.
It’s not, generally, a good time to be a broadcast network. Ratings are down, production companies are being sold off to rivals, talent is fleeing to Netflix. Any broadcast network expanding, let alone a small one, is surprising. But the CW, home of Riverdale and an entire universe of superhero shows, is doing exactly that, by adding a […]
After appearing to nearly faint again on live television Wednesday (Feb. 14), Wendy Williams has cancelled tapings of her talk show for the rest of this week. Page Six is reporting that she’s caught the flu bug. “Wendy is still experiencing flu-like symptoms, and so she can rest up and get better, we have decided to cancel tapings the […]
Some Mardi Gras parade viewers couldn't believe that racist blackface figurines were being tossed into the crowd like confetti on Saturday.
PARKLAND, FL (RNN) – One person is in custody after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that it had arrested the shooter. https://twitter.com/browardsheriff/status/963883429816303623 The sheriff’s office also reported 14 victims. Local media reports said up to 20 people were injured. Law enforcement and ambulances scrambled […]
Social media is not here for it.
Data shows that the Chicago Police Department concentrates its bike enforcement codes in Black neighborhoods.
Neither President Trump nor North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are on hand for the Pyeongchang Winter Games, but they were there in spirit. Or at least, two rather convincing impersonators showed up to give the opening ceremony crowd a thrill on Friday shortly after Team U.S.A. appeared in the Parade of Nations. The resemblance is downright uncanny, yes? […]
White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, as the guy largely responsible for information flow to President Trump, wasn’t a household name until this week when he suddenly resigned. Very quickly, it became known that he stepped down over domestic abuse allegations (supported by a widely-circulated black-eye photo). Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah tried on Thursday to mitigate the damage […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton denounced a high school that denied a Black student's request to print his name “Malcolm X” on his school sweater.
