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Louisiana State Police Makes History With 3 Black Captains and Lieutenants

The Louisiana State Police Department has made history after recently appointing three Black policemen to the agency’s command staff. It is the first time since 1936 that 3 African American employees are in leadership positions at the same time. In January 2021, Captain Kenny Van Buren was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel over Investigations and Captain Read More…

Technology

Google uncloaks once-secret server

n August 2019, the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association built a 16-foot pyramid of jugs in its main entrance in Phoenix. The goal was to show residents of this desert region how much water they each use a day—120 gallons—and to encourage conservation. “We must continue to do our part every day,” executive director Warren Read More…

Politics

DOCUMENTARIES: Movies Behind American Politics

Documentaries about American politics This week’s question: What is the best documentary about the American political system? “13th” “13th” Anne McCarthy (@annemitchmcc), Teen Vogue, Ms. Magazine, Bonjour Paris Although “13th” is, in effect – at face value – about the U.S. prison system, that’s not entirely what it’s about. Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated 2016 documentary illustrates with poise and Read More…

Politics

War Between America’s Two Political Parties

America is engaged in an ideological war between two rival political parties — the Democrats and the Republicans. At the moment this war is a cold Civil War but it could go hot (see https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/americas-cold-civil-war/). The Democrat Party — and there’s nothing democratic about it anymore — is the party of racism; racial division; racial Read More…