At the start of 2019, Bill and Melinda Gates released a list of facts that had surprised them the previous year. Number four on their list: “Data can be sexist.”
Criminal justice algorithms: Being race-neutral doesn’t mean race-blind
Justice is supposed to be “blind.” But is race blindness always the best way to achieve racial equality? An algorithm to predict recidivism among prison populations is underscoring that debate.
The white nationalist fringe just took a giant step closer to the center of the GOP
“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization—how did that language become offensive? Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?” It was this statement that finally got Steve King, the former Iowa…
First Nations meet with pope over Canada school abuses
Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in running Canada’s notorious residential schools.
Mormon leader reaffirms faith’s stance on same-sex marriage
A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed the faith’s opposition to same-sex marriage and “changes that confuse or alter gender” as debates over gender and sexuality reemerge throughout the United States.
Christian Condemnations of LGBT Not Hate Speech in Finland, Court Rules
Helsinki district court judges have dismissed hate speech charges against a Finnish politician who tweeted out Bible verses and the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission who published a pamphlet on gender roles.
The map of our DNA is finally complete. Here’s what that means for humanity.
Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, more than two decades after the first draft was completed, researchers announced Thursday. About 8% of genetic material had been impossible to decipher with previous technology.
Author Lee Strobel, after brush with death, explores ‘Case for Heaven’ in film
When bestselling author and former journalist Lee Strobel decided to explore the concept of heaven, he couldn’t have predicted his writing about death would intersect with a global pandemic.
Pastor Claims He Was Ousted From Florida’s Celebration Church For Uncovering Fraud
Florida megachurch senior pastor Tim Timberlake told the congregation at Jacksonville’s Celebration Church last week that he and his wife “aren’t going anywhere” amid a lawsuit filed by founding pastor Stovall Weems against the church.