Slavery – The News Desk

14Apr

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Entertainment

When Preachers Were Rock Stars

On an elegant residential block in Brooklyn Heights stands what once may have been the most famous church in America. Plymouth Church, on Orange Street, was founded in 1847 with just twenty-one members. The New York businessmen who established the church, practicing Congregationalists, wanted it to grow, so they offered the job of minister to Henry Ward Beecher, whose preaching prowess had made Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis one of the largest congregations in that city. Beecher accepted the offer. He would preach at Plymouth Church for the next forty years, eventually to full houses of two thousand worshippers of the Christian God.In nineteenth-century America, sermons were a widely diffused entertainment medium. People bought print collections of sermons, but the sermon itse...

30Dec

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Business

Nikki Haley’s Civil War Battlefield

Nikki Haley made a mess. Part of the job of running for president is being able to think on your feet and answer weird questions that come out of the blue. Enemies are always looking to trip you up. Voters want to see how you handle yourself under fire. It’s a necessary skill to answer with aplomb.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

King Charles to acknowledge “painful aspects” of U.K., Kenya’s shared past on visit to the African nation

31Oct

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King Charles to acknowledge “painful aspects” of U.K., Kenya’s shared past on visit to the African nation

Nairobi, Kenya — King Charles III is in Kenya for his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. He will acknowledge the "painful aspects" of the countries' shared history while underscoring his commitment to an organization that's been central to Britain's global power since World War II. The four-day visit is full of symbolism. Charles' mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, learned that she had become the U.K. monarch while visiting a game preserve in the East African nation, at the time a British colony, in 1952. The king and Queen Camilla touched down in the capital, Nairobi, late Monday and were given a ceremonial welcome Tuesday by Kenyan President William Ruto at State House. Charles later planted an African fern tree seedling in its lawn. King Charles...

28Aug

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Technology

Meet Khan Academy’s AI tutor

CNN — Artificial intelligence often induces fear, awe or some panicked combination of both for its impressive ability to generate unique human-like text in seconds. But its implications for cheating in the classroom — and its sometimes comically wrong answers to basic questions — have left some in academia discouraging its use in school or outright banning AI tools like ChatGPT. That may be the wrong approach. More than 8,000 teachers and students will test education nonprofit Khan Academy’s artificial intelligence tutor in the classroom this upcoming school year, toying with its interactive features and funneling feedback to Khan Academy if the AI botches an answer. The chatbot, K...

Citigroup admits its predecessors likely benefited from slavery

28Jul

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Money

Citigroup admits its predecessors likely benefited from slavery

Citigroup has grown into the nation's third-largest financial institution in part because its predecessors in the 1800s indirectly profited from slavery, the company acknowledged in a blog post this week.The admission came as the Wall Street firm, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks have re-examined their roots in years, looking to unearth what roles they may have played in creating today's racial inequities. Citi first explored its historic ties to slavery 20 years ago but "did not find records providing evidence of any direct involvement," Edward Skyler, Citigroup's head of public affairs, wrote in the post. But a second initiative conducted last year found that the bank's predecessors "likely profited from financial transactions and relationships with individuals and entities ... invol...

Tim Scott Joins the Chorus of Attacks on Ron DeSantis Over Florida’s Black History Curriculum – RedState

28Jul

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Politics

Tim Scott Joins the Chorus of Attacks on Ron DeSantis Over Florida’s Black History Curriculum – RedState

2024 presidential candidate Tim Scott has joined the chorus of voices from all sides attacking Ron DeSantis over Florida’s black history curriculum. The controversy surrounds a single line written by a majority-black panel that requires the teaching of the skills formerly enslaved people learned that they then used to their “benefit” after abolition. Dr. William B. Allen, one of the members of the panel, has gone public to defend his team, stating that the intention is to tell the stories of former slaves who overcame adversity to benefit themselves and others. He used Frederick Douglass learning to read as a slave and then becoming a man who spoke to the foundation of the nation as an example. Later, it was revealed that the sentence is essentially a copy and paste from the original A...

Ron DeSantis Slams Adversarial Reporter Over Slavery Curriculum Controversy – RedState

27Jul

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Politics

Ron DeSantis Slams Adversarial Reporter Over Slavery Curriculum Controversy – RedState

Much has been made about Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign reset, and the last few weeks have started to reveal what the new strategy is going to be. While the Florida governor is still doing interviews with friendly faces like Megyn Kelly, he’s no longer shunning the mainstream press. Instead, the Florida governor seems intent on battling them out in the open. A newsmaking interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper was one recent example. Now, DeSantis is bringing back his adversarial pressers. JUST IN: DeSantis scathes reporter over asking if there were "beneficial aspects to slavery" being taught by new standards "Have you read it? Have you read it? You haven't read – you haven't read it, so I'm just making that clear." "[The standards] make it very clear about the… pic.twitter.com/VVg3CO7v...