Ficklin Media Daily Report: Saturday, March 24, 2018

Women's History Month 2018






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The number of babies born at Yale-New Haven Hospital with HIV has been effectively zero since 1996. But now a new group is battling the disease: people 50 and older.
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Ficklin Media : Rise and Fail of the N Word By Rhinold Ponder
Roundtable Discussion
Ficklin Media Note: Words have historical and present currency. Certainly cryptocurrency is assaulting the popular parlance for example but words like kyke, spic, dago, wop, mick and the n word have had and in some instance still convey psychic value for some and psychic devaluation for others. Most economist talk ab...


The Rev. William Barber: Rebuilding, Raising Up & Repairing The Moral Infrastructure of America TUESDAY 3/27, 6:30 PM BATTELL CHAPEL, 4...
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Black Americans born poor are much less likely to move up the income ladder than those in other racial groups, especially whites. Why? Many factors are at work, including educational inequalities, neighborhood effects, workplace discrimination, parenting, access to credit, rates of incarceration, and so on.


Scott Winship, Richard Reeves, and Katherine Guyot find that closing the race gaps in upward mobility will require wholesale shifts in economic…
BROOKINGS.EDU


Opinion | How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’ If scientists avoid discussing the topic candidly, racis...
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Frank Mitchell, the executive director of the Amistad Center for Art & Culture, uses the center's collection of African-American art to spur difficult but…
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Did you know? In 1831, Simeon Jocelyn, a white man, was the force behind the efforts to establish a "Negro college" in New Haven. Learn more: http://www.yaleslavery.org/Abolitionists/jocelyn.htm



NCI is addressing cancer health disparities through its efforts in basic research, community-level programs, and more.


A growing body of scientific evidence is making clear the connection between good nutrition and good mental health.
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Facial analysis technology is often unable to recognize dark skin tones. Joy Buolamwini says this bias can lead to detrimental results — and she urges…
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Events and Activities


The award was described as "bittersweet" by his attorney.
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The SNCC Digital Gateway invited young activists to address questions that SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) grappled with back in in the 1960s. These…
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The supermodel is being honored for her fashionable style and will join the ranks of Rihanna, Beyoncé and more.
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Facial analysis technology is often unable to recognize dark skin tones. Joy Buolamwini says this bias can lead to detrimental results — and she urges her…
NPR.ORG





For decades, Americans have believed that the best way to end racial inequality is to end class inequality. But a landmark 30-year study is debunking that logic.
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