Tag: Minorities

All-Female City Council Marks a ‘Turning Point’ for St. Paul

For the first time in St. Paul, Minn., all seven City Council members are women. They also make up the youngest and most racially diverse council in the city’s history.

Rite Aid’s A.I. Facial Recognition Wrongly Tagged People of Color as Shoplifters

Under the terms of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the pharmacy chain will be barred from using the technology as a surveillance tool for five years.

Russia Asks Court to Label Gay Rights Movement as ‘Extremist’

Activists say the designation could put L.G.B.T.Q. people and their organizations under threat of criminal prosecution for something as simple as displaying the rainbow flag.