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Who Gets How Much: Big Questions About Reparations For Slavery
A small city agreed almost unanimously that restitution was called for. Then the arguments began in earnest. Who Gets How Much: Big Questions About Reparations For Slavery Reparations for slavery has been a controversial idea in the U.S. from the start. William Tecumseh Sherman’s promise of 40 acres (the mule…
California Lawmakers Vote To Create Reparations Task Force
The California State Senate voted 33-3 on Saturday to create a commission to study reparations for African Americans. California Lawmakers Vote To Create Reparations Task Force The state Assembly must now vote on the measure before adjourning for the year, The Associated Press reported. The Assembly previously voted in favor…
US City To Pay Reparations To African-American Community With Tax On Marijuana Sales
A city in Illinois has announced it will create a reparations fund for its African American community through a new tax on marijuana sales. US City To Pay Reparations To African-American Community With Tax On Marijuana Sales Recreational use of the drug will become legal in the state from January…
Slaveowners Got Reparations For Financial Loss After Emancipation. Enslaved African-Americans Got Nothing
White Americans opposed to paying reparations to descendants of slaves might not realize their ancestors received them after their slaves were freed. Slaveowners Got Reparations For Financial Loss After Emancipation. Enslaved African-Americans Got Nothing Tariq Nasheed, Speaking Very Eloquently On Reparations. According to an op-ed by professor Tera…
Return Of Willa And Charles Bruce’s Manhattan Beach Property Paves Way For Reparations For Other African Americans
Los Angeles officials have announced an effort to return the valuable Manhattan Beach property to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce. Now Their Family Could Get It Back. Return Of Willa And Charles Bruce’s Manhattan Beach Property Pave’s Way For Reparations For Other African Americans [caption id="attachment_7618" align="aligncenter"…
Ultimate Resource On Australia’s Involvement With Bitcoin
Australian Bitcoin-focused data center business Iris Energy has doubled a fundraising round to A$40 million ($31 million) ahead of a planned initial public offering. Ultimate Resource On Australia’s Involvement With Bitcoin Iris expanded the offering on Wednesday following a A$13 million commitment from Platinum Asset Management, according to a letter…
Famous Former Bitcoin Critics Who Conceded In 2020-25
Publicly recanted! Luminaries who came to terms with crypto in 2020-25. Famous Former Bitcoin Critics Who Conceded In 2025 Bitcoin may never be a widely used medium of exchange, but it has become a useful store of value, former critics concede in 2025. Humans, being only human, tend to hang…
The Latest On FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Communications #GotBitcoin
Congress weighs changes to foreign-spying program that yielded the searches of Americans’ data. The Latest On FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Communications #GotBitcoin WASHINGTON—The number of warrantless searches of Americans’ telephone calls, emails and text messages conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation plummeted last year, dropping from millions…
America’s Spies Are Losing Their Edge
New technologies and a lack of patriotism in Silicon Valley are leveling the playing field for Russia and China. America’s Spies Are Losing Their Edge What a month this has been for secrets! Or rather, for no-longer-secrets. Ukraine is not winning its war, thinks the US military. Egypt planned to…
NSA (Loveint Scandal) Channels Agency’s Enormous Eavesdropping Power To Spy On Love Interests (#NSAlovepoems, #NSAromcom)
National Security Agency officers on several occasions have channeled their agency’s enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests, U.S. officials said. NSA (Loveint Scandal) Channels Agency’s Enormous Eavesdropping Power To Spy On Love Interests (#NSAlovepoems, #NSAromcom) The story created a stir on Twitter, with two related hashtags gaining traction.…
Powell Got Punk’d By Putin’s Puppets
You’d think that by now, the West would have established some sort of “Fraud Hotline” for powerful people. Powell Got Punk’d By Putin's Puppets Powell Got Punk'd Normally, I give grandparents a free pass when they fall prey to Bitcoin ATM scams or romance hoaxes. But the chair of the…
‘What Housewife Isn’t On Ozempic?’ How A Weight-Loss Craze Is Sweeping Across America
Stars and producers of Bravo’s hit franchise are amplifying a debate about whether new drugs that show promise for weight loss are being prescribed too liberally. ‘What Housewife Isn’t On Ozempic?’ How A Weight-Loss Craze Is Sweeping Across America [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6iixRPmo4g&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaNyTDajVVLDeHykqsiav-_-&index=1[/embed] “You’re looking thin,” Andy Cohen told “Real Housewives of…