Mountain View, CA

24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall Street Insights Many of America’s richest women started companies with a spouse but continued to manage on their own. The top 1% of Americans in terms of net worth control most of the economy.  Women play a huge part in every industry. Also: 2 Dividend Legends to Hold Forever The top 1% of […]
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This Woman Is Worth Over $20 Billion and Most Americans Don’t Know Her Name

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America's rich are wealthy at a historic level. Depending on how and when you measure it there are between 750 and 800 billionaires in the United States. Each commanding the wealth of a small nation, these 800 individuals are collectively worth about one-fifth of the entire American GDP (around $6 trillion). To break into the top […] The post 10 Richest People in America appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.

10 Richest People in America

Washington, DC

Who: Fast fashion retailer Shein has sued budget e-commerce platform Temu. Why: Shein says Temu controls its sellers and asks them to infringe on Shein’s intellectual property. Where: The lawsuit was filed in a Washington D.C. federal court. Fashion retailer Shein has filed a lawsuit against the companies behind...

Shein files lawsuit alleging Temu encourages sellers to infringe on intellectual property rights, sell counterfeit items

A majority of Black Americans have lost trust in U.S. institutions, believing these systems were intentionally designed to hold them back. These findings come from a recent Pew Research Center report, which highlights widespread perceptions of unfair treatment within the nation’s key systems. The report reveals that most Black...

Black Americans believe U.S. institutions were designed to hold them back, according to new report

South Carolina State

One of my favorite parts of becoming more involved in the book industry through my work at Book Riot over the last seven years is keeping up with new releases. I can’t quite explain the exhilaration and anticipation I feel when I learn about a great new book coming out later in the year. Knowing I’ll have to wait for it (even if I do manage to snag an advanced reader’s copy) is part of the fun. Being able to recommend them to other readers who might not have heard of them yet is a big part of it, too. I love exposing readers to books I think they’ll love—especially if they haven’t heard of them yet.

New Historical Fiction by Black Authors

A small team of AI researchers with members from the Allen Institute for AI, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, all in the U.S., has found that popular LLMs exhibit covert racism against people who speak African American English (AAE). In their study, published in the journal Nature, the...

Researchers find covert racism against people who speak African American English in LLMs

NewsOne

Research suggests that as overt racism has become less acceptable, people tend to direct racism toward symbols of racial equality, like DEI.
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Anti-Blackness And Why People React To DEI The Way They Do

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been 35 years since iconic actress Amanda Blake died of AIDS-related hepatitis on August 16, 1989. Best known as Miss Kitty Russell on TV's long-running Western Gunsmoke (CBS, 1955-1975), Blake was a trailblazer on and off-screen. This is her tragic yet triumphant story.

In Memory of Pioneer Actress Amanda 'Miss Kitty' Blake ('Gunsmoke'): 35 Years After Her Tragic Death

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Denver, CO

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

Aurora, Colo. -- Angry Aurorans on social media poked fun at the local news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Mike Coffman, Aurora mayor, posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It contradicted comments made by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who told the New York Post the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated? Denver media criticized

The Independent

 Elon Musk’s X filed an antitrust lawsuit against an industry group representing numerous global brands, including the social network’s own advertisers, accusing it of conspiring to deprive X of billions of dollars.“We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war,” Musk wrote on his social media platform.The antitrust suit, filed in Texas federal court, accuses the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM)  of colluding to convince brands to limit or remove their advertising from X, which has struggled with declining revenues since Musk bought the company in 2022.The legal action also names GARM members including CVS Health,...

Elon Musk declares war and files a huge lawsuit on X advertisers: ‘We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war’

Georgia State

Floyd County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

According to officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), three former officers from the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), one GDC investigator, and a former Floyd County deputy have been charged for the aggravated assault of an inmate at the Floyd County Jail.

Five Former Georgia Law Enforcement Officers Charged With Aggravated Assault Against Inmate

Black Enterprise

A new study shows that large language models like ChatGPT have biases, including stereotypes against African American English speakers. As more research about artificial intelligence explores the inner workings of the technology’s use of human language that has exploded following innovation from OpenAI and other players in the technology space, the anti-Black biases of these tools are being exposed.

AI Shows Deep-Seated Bias Against African American Vernacular

The Atlantic

Wronged explores how the practice of claiming harm has become the rhetorical province of the powerful.

When Victimhood Takes a Bad-Faith Turn

The Guardian

Joe Moore, who for years investigated the Ku Klux Klan, issues a chilling warning for the 2024 election and beyond

FBI informant’s book predicts far-right violence: ‘we should be afraid’

Jeff and Rebecca talk through 10 contenders for the “It” book of September. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!. !

The “It” Books of September 2024

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Martin Vidal

Is there any actual distinction in the immorality or predisposition to malice in bad actors, or is the only thing that separates them from their victims a disparity in power? Said another way, would the victim in any given situation be just as likely to do to the bad actor what the bad actor is doing to them, if fortune had instead decided to put the power imbalance in their favor? I would argue, yes, most victims and villains are identical save for the power allotted to them.

Opinion: Would People of Color Have Oppressed White People if the Roles Were Reversed?

GOBankingRates

The United States is generally considered a wealthy country by many people in the world. But the country's unequal wealth distribution is overlooked by those just considering the national wealth...

The Average Wealth in the US vs. 7 European Countries

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Censorship in Prisons is Part of Slavery’s Legacy

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Censorship in Prisons is Part of Slavery’s Legacy

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