You’ll Have to Learn New Names for These American Birds
The American Ornithological Society announced this week that, next year, North American birds named for people will no longer be, as the society seeks to instead name the birds for…
Say Goodbye to America’s Racist Birds
Say ‘see ya’ to Scott’s oriole, a black and yellow bird native to the Southwestern U.S. The bird isn’t going anywhere—but its moniker is to be nixed, along with the…
Emotional photos capture the celebration of George Floyd’s life
A man raised his fist at an event commemorating the anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center on May 25, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His…
LAPD requested Amazon Ring footage from Black Lives Matter protests
If you have a Ring doorbell, your local police department may request your help in…surveilling protests? According to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, recently obtained documents from the…
Amazon’s Ring worked with more cops than ever before in 2020
While the rest of us spent 2020 trying to reckon with the atrocities of police brutality and racism embedded into the American justice system, Amazon’s Ring spent it doubling down…
Parkland survivor wants a different kind of gun reform movement: One that centers Black lives
Right now, Aalayah Eastmond is in the middle of finals week at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C. The 19-year-old is a second-year student in the Criminal Justice program, looking…
15 protests that defined 2020
You’ll likely tell your grandkids about the protests you attended in 2020. Future historians, too, will toil over the twists that emerged on what felt like a daily basis throughout…
Megan Thee Stallion delivers a vital message about Black women on ‘SNL’
The first episode of Saturday Night Live Season 46 came and went. But the poignant message that Megan Thee Stallion’s performance spotlighted should sit with us forever. On Oct 3.,…
Doctors use algorithms that aren’t designed to treat all patients equally
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. In hospitals and health systems across the country, physicians sometimes use algorithms…
‘That could have been me’: ESPN reporter gives emotional speech about Breonna Taylor’s killing
“I have prided myself in being able to be objective and cover these sorts of issues,” said ESPN reporter Malika Andrews on Wednesday, tearing up as she spoke. “But when…