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A federal appeals court judge believes artificial intelligence could help courts decide cases through an originalist lens by researching how words or phrases were used historically. Speaking at a Federalist Society event Monday at the University of Chicago Law School, Judge John Bush of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said the […]
Eric ArnesenThe George Washington University Anyone familiar with the labor movement today knows that organized labor is a heterogeneous group – African Americans, Latinos, Asians and Asian Americans, whites, men and women, citizens and undocumented workers all make up the ranks of the unions affiliated with Change to Win and the AFL-CIO. There is no question […]
Historical interpreter walks us through Civil War, honors black soldiers FOX 32 Chicago Source link
Dr. Thavolia Glymph is a Black woman who is not only making history, but she’s making sure the rest of us know our history. On January 6th of this year, Glymph was named the 140th president of the American Historical Association (AHA), the first Black woman to hold such an honor. As such, she is […]
After bland western prequels to his flagship drama “Yellowstone,” producer Taylor Sheridan finds marginally more fertile territory in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” a series that will devote each season to a different frontier lawman or outlaw. While the pacing still has a hitch in its giddy-up, the subject matter and star, featuring David Oyelowo as the […]
A historically Black church in Cleveland was honored Thursday for its part in the Civil Rights Movement. The Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church was added to Cleveland’s Civil Rights Trail. The Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church has been the headquarters of the United Freedom Movement, which challenged overcrowding and segregation in Cleveland’s public schools. Its pastor of […]
MIAMI — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned three historic artifacts on Thursday from the Caribbean Archaeological Subregion that were seized from a passenger that arrived at the Orlando International Airport without documentation permitting him to lawfully remove them from the Republic of Costa Rica (Costa Rica). In December 2017, a U.S. lawful permanent […]
A statewide collection of historic fraternal lodges, the former home of a wealthy South Bend industrialist, and once-bustling venues in Anderson, Evansville and Stinesville. Those sites are among Indiana Landmarks’ 10 “Most Endangered,” an annual list published by the Indianapolis-based nonprofit that seeks to save historic and “meaningful” places across the Hoosier state. The organization […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Maude Callen, a Black nurse-midwife, delivered more than 800 infants across the South Carolina Lowcountry starting in the 1920s, when segregation made it difficult for Black people to get medical care. Although Callen isn’t commonly considered a household name, visitors passing through the new $120 million International African American Museum that opened […]
Inequality in modern-day unemployment rates has received considerable attention, including work demonstrating that Black teens, Black women, and Black men’s unemployment in the United States . . .