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- Black People Are Sharing The Unwritten Rules They Follow That Most White People Are Clueless About, And It’s Eye-Opening
- Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire
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- La Borinqueña Graphic Novel With Rosario Dawson Supports Solar Power for Puerto Rico
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Black People Are Sharing The Unwritten Rules They Follow That Most White People Are Clueless About, And It’s Eye-Opening
We recently wrote up the unwritten rules people of color follow that most white people don’t have to worry about.Well, there were so many submissions from our Black readers that we decided to do a whole post specifically on the … Continue reading
Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire
A fire that broke out at the Costa Sur power plant in Puerto Rico late Wednesday forced an island-wide outage, the biggest blackout this year so far due to an ailing electric grid. Power may not be restored to some … Continue reading
Residente’s New Music Video Offers a Brutal Take on American Imperialism
Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rapper Residente’s latest song, “This is Not America,’’ is an anthem for people who understand that imperialism and forced immigration cannot be separated from environmental issues.Both social and environmental crises are shown in bloody … Continue reading
La Borinqueña Graphic Novel With Rosario Dawson Supports Solar Power for Puerto Rico
Creators of the superhero comic La Borinqueña are teaming up with National Resource Defense Council to bring solar power to communities in Puerto Rico. In La Borinqueña—named after the island’s original Taino name, Borinquen/ Borikén, or “land of the brave … Continue reading
7 Frustrating New Features in Windows 11 (and How to Fix Them)
Like many things in life, Windows 11 is a mixed bag. It finally modernizes the Windows operating system: It looks stunning, it’s secure, and it’s fast, and it comes with a couple of neat tricks like the new snap windows … Continue reading
Dead white man’s clothes: How fast fashion is turning parts of Ghana into toxic landfill – ABC News
It’s the dirty secret behind the world’s fashion addiction. Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in landfill, creating an environmental catastrophe on the other side of the world. Dead white man’s clothes: How fast fashion … Continue reading
Critical Race Theory, Explained
On Monday, Mississippi state Rep. Chris Brown (not that one) introduced two bills in the state legislature affirming the “resolute opposition to the promotion of race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.” While the concurrent resolutions seem like no-brainers, the measures … Continue reading
iOS 14: What do the orange and green dots in the status bar mean? – 9to5Mac
iOS 14 includes several major new features and a lot of smaller changes and visual updates. You may have noticed new indicators in the status bar, in the right-hand notch, and are wondering what those are for. These new status … Continue reading
Burger King is designing ‘touchless’ restaurants for the COVID-19 era | Engadget
Basically every aspect of modern life has been touched by the coronavirus pandemic, and the restaurant industry is probably one that has been most significantly affected. As such, restaurants big and small are thinking about how to make things work … Continue reading