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It is easy to lose sight of how unusual the 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be. It is unusual, most obviously, in that it features the same two major-party candidates who were on the ballot four years ago. It is unusual in that both candidates are broadly unpopular, something that seems standard in […]
Ed Dwight, the trailblazing veteran who was America’s first black astronaut candidate, is slated to make history by finally journeying into space at the age of 90. Blue Origin, the space venture company founded by Jeff Bezos, announced on Thursday that Dwight will be part of the six-person crew aboard the upcoming New Shepard flight, […]
Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt died on Saturday. By BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press March 31, 2024, 4:31 AM ET • 3 min read Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda, has died […]
Joe Lieberman, Al Gore’s running mate during the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, has died at age 82 after suffering complications from a fall. United States media announced his death on Tuesday afternoon, citing a family statement. One of the few high-profile independents in the US political sphere, Lieberman largely caucused with the Democratic Party […]
On Tuesday, Ukraine said that it sank another Russian warship, the Sergei Kotov, in the Black Sea. The loss of the Kotov ship and the Tsezar Kunikov before it last month now means that a whopping
Story Highlights Most older Black adults view the court’s decision in firmly negative light But younger Black Americans are more positive about the decision Older Black adults also foresee problems, while younger adults are mixed WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the public has broadly positive views on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling […]
The Global Warming’s Six Americas framework is an audience segmentation approach to understanding the spectrum of people’s responses to global warming. The Alarmed and Concerned are the segments that are most likely to think that global warming is happening and are the most worried about it, while the Doubtful and Dismissive have the lowest belief […]
Earlier this year, Porcha Woodruff, a Black pregnant woman, was wrongfully arrested due to facial recognition technology (FRT) that incorrectly identified her as a robbery suspect. The incident highlighted the heartbreaking harms tied to high-risk AI systems and a series of law enforcement failures, including inadequate investigation and technological training. As the White House’s AI
The Gilded Age was a period toward the end of the 19th century marked by rapid economic growth and prosperity. Just a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the Gilded Age ushered in a Black aristocracy. In a letter published in the April 22, 1852 issue of the Frederick Douglass Papers, […]
Commentary: U.S.-led chip alliance could be OPEC-style cartel for digital age
Black Hot Fire Network
March 29, 2024
The U.S., Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are on a mission to restructure the global chip supply chain. The proposed “Chip 4 Alliance” wants to internalize all parts of the semiconductor business—research and development, design, manufacturing, packaging, sales and consumption—in-house. This chip clique will only reach outside the circle in strictly controlled circumstances. These four […]