DOJ Announces $139M Grant To Hire More Police Officers
Photo: Getty Images The DOJ announced Thursday (November 18) that grants totaling $139 million will go to nearly 200 police departments throughout the nation. “We are committed to providing police departments with the resources needed to help ensure community safety and building community trust,” US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in the announcement. “The grants […]
Facebook Is Researching Whether Black Users Are Treated Differently
Photo: Getty Images Facebook and Instagram’s parent company is looking into racial bias after years of complaints from Black users and employees. “There are a lot of members of systematically and historically marginalized communities who feel that their experience on our platforms is different,” Roy Austin Jr, vice president of civil rights at Meta, the […]
Kyle Rittenhouse Says He’s A Black Lives Matter Supporter
Photo: Getty Images Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who was acquitted of killing two men during a protest against police brutally last year is now claiming he supports Black Lives Matter. “I’m not a racist person; I support the BLM movement, I support peacefully demonstrating,” Rittenhouse told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in a clip of an […]
This Catchy ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah Parody was Filmed on Location in New York
Jewish a cappella outfit Six13’s latest parody video adds a Hanukkah spin to an iconic musical.
Yiddish Limerick: Chanukah
Rachel Kapen provides a Yiddish Limerick for Chanukah 2021.
‘The Great Animal Orchestra,’ on Exhibit Now, Showcases the Symphony of Nature
On display Nov. 20-May 22 at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., the exhibit presents specific soundscapes and associated spectrograms (graphic visualizations of what is heard)
Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group, saying U.S. citizens were targets
CALIFORNIA — Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of U.S. Apple users with its Pegasus spyware. The iPhone maker said it is also seeking to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services or […]
Here’s What Jacob Blake Has To Say About The Rittenhouse Trial
Photo: Getty Images The man who was shot seven times by police, igniting protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin where two men where killed weighed in on the murder trial of accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. “I do still feel strongly that if he was of a different ethnicity or people group, he’d be gone,” Jacob Blake, Jr. […]
Black Homeowner Threatened Over ‘Negro Santa’ Yard Decoration
Photo: Getty Images The holiday tradition of sending letters to Santa was reversed for one Black homeowner who said he received a threatening note from Saint Nick. “Please remove your negro Santa yard decoration. You should not try to deceive children into believing that I am a negro,” the note Little Rock, Arkansas homeowner Chris […]
Family Of Elijah McClain Receives $15M Settlement From City
Photo: Getty Images The city of Aurora, Colorado has reportedly agreed to pay $15 million to the family of Elijah McClain to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. According to CBS 4, multiple sources familiar with the case said the city reached the amount that was not made public by officials who said previously specifics […]