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Empowering America’s Rising Workforce–Latina Girls–in Computing and Innovation
By Dr. Idit Harel Caperton It recently came to my attention, that throughout the nation, young men and women who are Latino are, unfortunately, caught on the wrong side of the digital divide. I have spent much of my career working on … Continue reading
Chinua Achebe: Nigeria to hold funeral for author
Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town in Anambra state. Mr Achebe’s body arrived back in Nigeria on Wednesday from the US. The author died in Boston at the … Continue reading
Now They Want to Take Away the 8-Hour Day and 40-Hour Week
By Dave Johnson Republicans are trying to pass an “alternative” to overtime pay. This is really about taking away the eight-hour workday and 40-hour workweek. Will weekends be next? What about an “alternative” to paying workers at all? House Republicans … Continue reading
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The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’
By Julian Assange “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who construct a new idiom for United States global power in … Continue reading →