Month / July 2020
Facebook’s Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds
By Mike Isaac SAN FRANCISCO — Auditors handpicked by Facebook to examine its policies said that the company had not done enough to protect people on the platform from discriminatory posts and ads and that its decisions to leave up President Trump’s inflammatory posts were […]
Scrabble Will Ban Racial and Ethnic Slurs From Tournaments and Game Rules
By David Waldstein Josephine Flowers became a ranked, competitive Scrabble player more than a dozen years ago, and to commemorate the moment, she inscribed her custom-built game board with one of her favorite sayings: “Never underestimate the power of words.” The phrase serves as a constant […]
Was This Ancient Taoist the First Philosopher of Disability?
By John Altmann and Bryan W. Van Norden Mr. Altmann is an essayist and author. Mr. Van Norden teaches philosophy at Vassar College. Zhuangzi, also known as Zhuang Zhou, was a Chinese philosopher who lived around the fourth century B.C. and was a founder of Taoism.Credit…m.yac8.com In one […]
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