Author: NNPA

Survivors of violence, community activists, and lawmakers from across California joined forces at a press conference at the State Capitol on Jan. 13.

Technology is often sold to us as neutral, objective, and free of human flaws. We are told that computers remove emotion, bias, and error from decision-making. But for many Black families, lived experience tells a different story. When technology is trained on biased systems, it reflects those same biases and silently carries them forward.

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Independent U.S. Senate candidate Craig Jelks on Wednesday called on Alabama’s sitting senators to pledge not to trade stocks while in office, citing recent disclosure issues as evidence of the need for […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Staff Reports The report shows Alabama’s average credit score is 677, making it the third-lowest in the United States, ahead of only Louisiana (673) and Mississippi (669). The findings come as household debt continues to rise nationwide […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The U.S. Army has awarded a $74.4 million contract modification to Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., increasing the total value of the Huntsville-based company’s contract, according to the Department of Defense. The modification raises the contract ceiling […]