Means to an end
Safety predicated on police terror is neither safe nor sustainable.
Read More Means to an endInterview 27: Racial discrimination and fair machine learning
Originally posted on Boris Gorelik:
I invited Dr. Charles Earl for this episode of my podcast “Job Interview” to talk about racial discrimination at the workplace and fairness in machine learning. Dr. Charles Earl is a data scientist in Automattic, my previous place of work. Charles holds a Ph.D. in computer science, M.A. in education,…
The historic roots of Black union organizing at Amazon
The unapologetic radicalism of Black laborers lives on in the bold action of the Bessemer Amazon workers
Read More The historic roots of Black union organizing at AmazonU.S. Police Can’t Stop Killing
Map: 1,500 people killed during interactions with police in the 9 months since the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Data from Fatal … U.S. Police Can’t Stop Killing For anyone holding in to the delusion that a new administration would mean the end of the on going war on Black life, a […]
Read More U.S. Police Can’t Stop KillingThe Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative
The Black Revolution in Data Science has begun
Read More The Atlanta University Center Data Science InitiativeUnderstanding the Ongoing Farmers’ Protest in India
Panchali Kar gives a deep and thoughtful analysis of the on going farmer’s protest taking place in India. The scale od solidarity in the midst of oppression is truly inspiring. by Panchali Kar If we take a close look at the BJP government, we get a clear picture of its thoroughly reactionary stance. Working class […]
Read More Understanding the Ongoing Farmers’ Protest in IndiaEmory University and Reparations
It’s time for Emory University to come to terms with its involvement in Georgia’s slave economy and theft of Indigenous lands.
Read More Emory University and ReparationsComputer Science at HBCUs
Are CS departments at Black Colleges leading the struggle for algorithmic justice?
Read More Computer Science at HBCUsDefying Dixie at the Cotton Lofts
Glenda Gilmore’s Defying Dixie describes the leftist activism that laid the foundation for the subsequent Civil Rights and Movement for Black Lives. Her stories of hit home for many of us — her recounting of the Atlanta Six case at Atlanta’s Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill in particular for me and Atlanta folx. My great […]
Read More Defying Dixie at the Cotton LoftsAffirmative action ( a poem )
A poem to explain affirmative action, like why it’s crucial.
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