Salary transparency laws are picking up steam in the U.S.

Know Your Value

This year, salary transparency laws went into effect in California and Washington state, requiring companies with 15 or more employees to post pay ranges in all job posting and to provide that information to any employee who seeks it out. This comes on the heels of a similar law adopted in New York City last…

Biden calls white supremacy ‘most dangerous terrorist threat’ in speech at Howard – POLITICO

President Joe Biden denounced white supremacy as the “most dangerous terrorist threat” to the nation in his commencement address to Howard University’s graduating class Saturday.“White supremacy … is the single most dangerous terrorist threat in our homeland,” Biden said. “And I’m not just saying this because I’m at a Black HBCU. I say this wherever…

How Black play can protect our children from Cop City – Scalawag

How Black play can protect our children from Cop City – Scalawag

Remix, as a child, your only obligation to this work is to take up space shamelessly through the Black joy and play inherent to your body and spirit. Through play, centered within and informed by your kinship network, you are learning and practicing self-definition. Play is teaching you mutual aid—how to meet someone’s needs, as…

My Take on the Naked Education Hype

Just Education

I’m seeing a lot of (mostly fake) outrage about the _Naked Education_ show in Europe wherein some people appear naked and answer kids’ questions about the body, sex, etc. I wonder how these people who are so outraged would fare in cultures wherein nudity, full or partial, is normal. Probably not well. What’s funny to…

Students Pay as Texas School Districts Violate ‘Threat Assessment Law’ – The Texas Observer

Conroe High School

Conroe ISD is not the only school district that seems to be violating the 2019 school safety law. The Observer found that after three years, only 10 percent of school districts are fully implementing required threat assessment protocols and providing required counseling and referral programs to students of concern. While the state has shirked its…

Innovative Approaches to Improve Maternal Health Hybrid Workshop Tickets, Mon, May 8, 2023 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health - April 2023

On Monday, May 8, and Tuesday, May 9, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. each day, NIH will hold a hybrid event that brings together technology developers, medical device experts, small business innovators, implementation scientists, MMM researchers, and academic, industry, and community-based partners. The goal is to connect the research community with small businesses…

The Twitch Exodus: Why Streamers are Jumping Ship

The Twitch Exodus

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9uZgNT1PEo&ab_channel=iilluminaughtii[/embed] For a while, Twitch seemed untouchable. They were the king of streaming and without real competition. However, as time has worn on, creators have become exhausted with their policies and hypocrisy. More streamers have left the platform and joined alternatives, like Youtube, leaving Twitch to catch up or die. Is Twitch falling apart, or…

Pick me! Choose me! Roast me! The plight of the “pick me” unpacked | Khadija Mbowe

The Pickme Issue

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHdnv37j-g&ab_channel=KhadijaMbowe[/embed] Khadija goes in on the #pickme issue. On the one hand, women’s choices shouldn’t be overly scrutinized, but when it stops being individual and becomes an avenue for grifters, we need to deal with that with our eyes open.

The US is leaving millions behind: American exceptionalism needs to change by 2030

American exceptionalism needs to change - Image shows a feminine person holding a sign that reads leave no one behind, and someone nearby looking at her

The concept of “American exceptionalism” has a long history. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines American exceptionalism as the “idea that the United States of America is a unique and even morally superior country for historical, ideological, or religious reasons.” What if American exceptionalism has a different meaning when compared with other industrialized countries? What if, beyond…

Whatever Happened to the Black Woman That Cured Cancer | by LGWare, The Black Lens | Apr, 2023 | An Injustice!

Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green

I first came across Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green on social media during the pandemic. The video claimed that she cured cancer, so I approached the information with healthy skepticism, which I suggest everyone do when receiving information on social media.I could not locate the original video but it was labeled something like Black Woman Cures Cancer. …

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