Iwastheone shares a report from Space.com: It’s been an incredible 54 years since “Star Trek” first debuted. On Tuesday (Sept. 8), actors from across the multi-decade franchise will celebrate an online “Star Trek” day with panels and discussions, while discussing the series’ emphasis on diversity. More than three hours of free virtual panels will play at the Star Trek Day website…
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Cisco Fires Workers for Racial Comments During Diversity Forum
During a series of Cisco online all-hands meetings on race in early June, some workers posted comments in message channels that other staff and company management said were demeaning to Black people, exposing racial divisions at the Silicon Valley tech giant and leading to the dismissal of a number of people. From a report: During the first videoconference on June 1,…
Reporter’s Notebook: Inside America’s Black Box: A Rare Look at the Violence of Incarceration
Would we fix our prisons if we could see what happens inside them? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/us/inside-americas-black-box.html?partner=rss&emc=rss