Category: Technology
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Black Boy Joy

Three Years of Evolving Man Project It’s been three years since I launched the Evolving Man Project. 2018 was our biggest year yet, and there’s a lot more coming in the year ahead. The purpose of this site is a look into the personal journey of one black man in America. Being black in…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.

Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure who embodied what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Fact-checking Trump’s announcement of a national emergency Where to begin with President Trump’s rambling news conference to announce he was invoking a national emergency to build a border wall? It was chock-full of false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve previously highlighted, either in our database of Trump claims or our list of Bottomless Pinocchios. Here’s a…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Honduran refugees await papers in Mexico as new caravan arrives “My son was decapitated,” she said, reaching into her purse to retrieve a newspaper clipping with a photograph of grieving women hugging in front of yellow police tape blocking off the crime scene. #MigrantCaravan #Honduras #LatinAmerica#Mexico Giant leaf for mankind? China germinates first seed on moon…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

4 days, 5 reports of hate crimes, and a disturbing trend developing in America “ “The President of the United States, both from his social media presence and his remarks during formal White House events, is regularly referring to fear as a motive for policy,” Berry said. “We’re seeing the presidential bully pulpit being used…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe

US says China hacking increasing ahead of Trump-Xi meeting A U.S. government report ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping accuses China of stepping up hacking aimed at stealing American technology as a tariff dispute escalated. #China #UnitedStates #Hacking #TechNews Study says Indian Daters are Surprisingly Gender Sensitive The study also shows that…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Alleged MAGA Bomber Cesar Sayoc Apparently Threatened a Lot of People on Twitter That Sayoc’s account wasn’t removed from Twitter months ago isn’t surprising. Nor is Trump’s and Trump Jr.’s excuse-making and conspiracy-theorist tendencies. With them leading the charge, it’s only a matter of time until Sayoc’s arrest becomes a discredited #FakeNews event for Trump…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

This is the golden age of Chinese science fiction “Sci-fi writers are very perceptive and they’re conscious of the influence of globalisation and modernisation. They ponder where Chinese people stand in this process and what our responsibilities are,” Wang says. “We are not copying how other countries develop. We are finding our own way and…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Colin Kaepernick, the national anthem and America: How military service influenced my views on patriotism and protest When Kaepernick and I met and talked just six days later, a few hours before the 49ers were set to play the San Diego Chargers, we discussed a lot, but more importantly we listened to each other. I wanted…
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The Real Working Class Heroes

Heroes Don’t Wear Capes During the 2008 presidential election, it was only one candidate who dared to utter the words ‘poverty’ or ‘working-class.’ It was disgraced Democrat, John Edwards. Fast forward to the election of 2016, with the surprise win of the Twitter drama queen, Donald J. Trump. The media went into a frenzy, blaming everything…