#Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?

#Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?

“#Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?” HONOLULU — If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a fever. That’s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, the best-known…

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#Beware Biden’s Department of Education

#Beware Biden’s Department of Education

“#Beware Biden’s Department of Education” Last week, the Senate Education Committee held a confirmation hearing for a woman who has arguably done more than any other government official to fan the flames of America’s culture war: Catherine Lhamon. President Joe Biden has nominated Lhamon to return for a second stint as assistant secretary in the…

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#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

“#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic” LONDON — Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And Belarus hijacked a passenger plane to arrest a journalist. COVID-19 has absorbed the world’s…

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#Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats

#Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats

“#Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats” ATLANTA — Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents’ recounting life as Black Virginians enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph of the civil rights movement. It showed her that government can be “a powerful force for improving people’s lives” but also one “that oppresses some, ignores others.” A…

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#Black Lives Matter’s obscene support for Hamas’ terrorism

#Black Lives Matter’s obscene support for Hamas’ terrorism

“#Black Lives Matter’s obscene support for Hamas’ terrorism” For an outfit that claims to prioritize racial equality, Black Lives Matter is confoundingly proud to be anti-Israel. The official Twitter account of the main BLM organization this week tweeted its support for the Hamas terrorists relentlessly seeking to slaughter Israeli civilians. Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists…

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#Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

#Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

“#Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition” NEW YORK — Amazon said Tuesday that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced last year. Amazon and other technology companies have been under pressure from civil rights activists and their own workers to…

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#What critical race theory is really about

#What critical race theory is really about

“#What critical race theory is really about” Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it — and of those who have, many don’t understand it. This must change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it. To explain…

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#States push back against use of facial recognition by police

#States push back against use of facial recognition by police

“#States push back against use of facial recognition by police” COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the US have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about its accuracy and the growing pervasiveness of video surveillance is leading some state lawmakers to hit the pause button. At least…

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