Tag: human
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As outrage grows over Wausau teacher who used racial slurs, Asian community demands action
The family is of Hmong and Lao descent; the son is a senior and openly gay. The district put Perkins on leave April 10, with superintendent Keith Hilts assigning Tabatha Gundrum, director of human … Read Full Article
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China sentences 6 men for abuse, trafficking of chained mother of 8
A Chinese court has jailed six men in connection to the high-profile human trafficking case of a woman that was found chained inside a hut in the eastern Jiangsu Province in China. On Thursday, the … Read Full Article
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Murders. Grief. Emptiness. The Valley’s sad crime realities affect us all | Opinion
Murders. Brokenness. Emptiness. Nothingness. The victims and defendants may have different names, races, and circumstances that set them apart from most of us in one sense. But they are human. As the … Read Full Article
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This interactive exhibit shows the ‘human story’ of Hmong refugees in the U.S. and Fresno
It’s an effect recreated on the large picture mural that runs the length of the entrance of “Vinai: Hmong Refugee Experience,” an interactive exhibit running through Jan. 1 … Read Full Article
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Ancient tooth in Laos cave a major find for human history
After years of research, scientists found the tooth is the molar of a 4-to-6-year-old female of an ancient human ancestor who disappeared 50,000 years ago. Read Full Article
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Book Club Pick: The Mushroom at the End of the World
Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing’s account of these sought-after fungi offers … Read Full Article
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Recognizing and Eliminating Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Tags: humanOver the last couple of years, the society has begun to wrestle with the extent to which human prejudices might infiltrate artificial intelligence systems, with potentially disastrous consequences. Read Full Article
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County Reports Record COVID Cases, Urges San Diegans to Take Precautions
The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency is reporting record numbers of new COVID-19 cases, even when factoring in that more than a third of the results from the previous three days … Read Full Article
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The Most Memorable Sports Moments of 2021, According to Us
Most of them happened off the courts and playing fields, when the competitions were over and the athletes were at their most human. Read Full Article
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Xavier Becerra to lead new White House AAPI pandemic initiative
White House announced a new initiative led by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. It is intended to address the issues that grassroots activists have long been pushing for, such as a … Read Full Article
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The Human Costs of AI
In 2015 a cohort of well-known scientists and entrepreneurs including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Steve Wozniak issued a public letter urging … Read Full Article
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From Saigon to Kabul, leaving must not mean giving up on human rights
The U.S. must never abdicate or duck the responsibility to use its influence and the leverage it does have to advocate forcefully for prisoners of conscience and to press for human rights reform. Read Full Article
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Why a Supreme Court Decision Could Mean an Increase in Human Trafficking of Farmworkers
Experts say the Supreme Court decision to restrict union organizers from farms could have an unintended consequence: an increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers. Read Full Article
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Morning Lookout: Rallying around Ráine, record-breaking wildfires
It soon became clear the dozen or so Hmong farmworkers were living in substandard housing. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on private property rights has human trafficking experts worried that … Read Full Article