Tomlinson: American workers oppose racial discrimination, but do little about it
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Timnit Gebru, a respected researcher at Google. Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company Alphabet, apologized for Gebru s departure, whose exit has roiled the company’s work force and raised questions about its stated commitment to diversity and the responsible development of artificial intelligence technology.CODY O LOUGHLIN, STR / NYTShow MoreShow Less
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Banners like one bearing the words Committed to Diversity are displayed outside Knott Hall on the campus of Loyola Blakefield, in Towson, Md., Nov. 18, 2020. In the past few months, nearly every private and parochial school in the region has confronted voices of anger from Black alumni and calls for their schools to reckon with racist pasts.Kim Hairston, MBO / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
Powerful House speaker locked in unimaginable fight for gavel
John O’Connor Associated Press
Jan. 11, 2021
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks on the floor as the House of Representatives convenes at the Bank of Springfield Center on Friday.E. Jason Wambsgans | Chicago Tribune (AP)
The previously unimaginable showdown looming over leadership of the Illinois House of Representatives, occasioned by scandal around the once-invincible Speaker Michael Madigan, recalls a drawn-out debacle 45 years ago that burned through two weeks and 93 votes before lawmakers settled on a surprise compromise.
With the inauguration of a new General Assembly on Wednesday, Madigan, the longest-serving leader of any legislative body in U.S. history, will seek an unparalleled 19th term as speaker, a vote that’s been a lock for three decades. But last summer, the Democrat was identified in a Justice Department investigation as the beneficiary of a years-long bribery ventu
Top Story January 11, 2021
ALGIERS: Former Algerian premier Ahmed Ouyahia, on trial for corruption, admitted Saturday to receiving gold bars from Gulf donors then selling them on the black market, the official APS news agency reported.
Ouyahia and fellow ex-prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal are accused of covertly financing the 2019 re-election bid of then-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned shortly afterwards amid mass anti-government protests.
Their retrial opened Saturday after the Supreme Court in November annulled their earlier convictions following an appeal, APS said. Both had served under former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Several former ministers and other well-known figures are also on trial over the same affair, APS said.
In her defense, the currently pregnant singer claims her Instagram Story post, in which she blasts the Kardashian-Jenner girls for cultural appropriation, is not shade.