Identity management critical to brand’s long-term success – The Drum
“If you don’t mind it, it doesn’t matter.” – Jack Benny
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Our focus this month continues to be on the evolution of how brands and agencies are thinking about...
Kentucky ties to Baptist kids agency at risk over gay rights – Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A cultural clash pitting religious beliefs against gay rights has jeopardized Kentucky’s long-running relationship with a foster care and adoption agency affiliated with the Baptist church that...
Remembering Kay Lahusen, Revolutionary Photojournalist – NPR
Kay Lahusen, pioneering photojournalist who documented the LGBTQ movement in the 1960s, has died at age 91.
AILSA CHANG, HOST: In the 1960s, the American...
Political Notebook: Bay Area cities prepare to celebrate Pride Month – Bay Area Reporter,...
Various Bay Area cities will be kicking off Pride Month next week with flag raising ceremonies the morning of June 1. Other municipalities will follow suit on subsequent days of the...
Future for Castro surveillance cameras fuzzy – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest circulation LGBT...
The future looks blurry for the proposed network of Castro district surveillance cameras, as neighborhood groups opposed to the plan await word from the Upper Market/Castro Community Benefit District."We're in a...
Georgia Police Captain Discusses Using ShotSpotter To Combat Gun Violence | 90.1 FM WABE...
A captain at a Georgia police department, which is already using a new technology that the Atlanta Police Department is testing out, says ShotSpotter is a great investigative tool.
“Conceptually, three things...
AI Can Now Sense Human Sexual Orientations from Photographs – Analytics Insight
AI algorithms are better at detecting sexual orientations than humans.
The sexuality of humans is a critical juncture that often puts sexologists in soups. Ever since the decriminalization of LGBTQA+ human...
Ardonagh Group to buy insurance operations from tech firm for $500m – Insurance Times
The Ardonagh Group has agreed to buy the insurance operations of global broker and financial technology firm BGC Partners for a cash consideration of $500m, subject to regulatory approval.Under the terms...
Largest Research Study on Decision Making of Single or Coupled Intended Fathers Selected for...
NEW YORK, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progyny, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNY), a leading benefits management company specializing in fertility and family building benefits solutions in the United States, along with...
Breakfast Briefing: 5 things for PR pros to know on Wednesday morning – PR...
Here’s a quick recap if you missed yesterday’s Brand Film Awards U.S., which celebrates the best visual storytelling on behalf of brands. Go here for a shortcut to all of the...
Author Roxane Gay launches imprint Roxane Gay Books – Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Roxane Gay’s latest project is an imprint that will release the kinds of books she likes to read. The author of such works as “Bad Feminist” and...
Harvard FAS To Expand Campus Housing, Host Exclusively In-Person Instruction in Fall 2021 |...
Harvard will expand its undergraduate housing capacity on and near campus to accommodate “normal housing density” in fall 2021, even as it anticipates the largest matriculating class in its history, administrators...
PGA Championship Notebook Dump: 3 stories we’re just getting around… – Golf.com
By: GOLF Editors May 25, 2021 At the PGA, Padraig Harrington and Phil Mickelson proved...
LGBTQ Agenda: GLAAD finds major social media sites ‘unsafe’ for LGBTQ users – Bay...
GLAAD recently announced the findings of its first-ever index of LGBTQ user safety on social media, determining that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are "effectively unsafe" due to harassment of,...
Originalism, Divided – The Atlantic
Originalism—the idea that the meaning of each provision of the United States Constitution becomes fixed at the time of its enactment—in its contemporary form traces back to the advocacy of a...
Trackunit continues expansion into APJ region with Sydney office – IT Brief Australia
Trackunit has opened its first Australian office in Sydney as part of its strategic expansion in the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.The new Australian office is part of a wider strategic...
Do breaks increase productivity and how can technology cure the American healthcare system? |...
Interview | David Blumberg: When visiting Israel, I leave my heart at passport control and follow my head. For decades David Blumberg has been part of the local tech scene, now...
India tells social media firms to take down ‘Indian variant’ posts – Arab News
NEW DELHI: India’s government has ordered social media platforms to take down content that refers to the “Indian variant” of the coronavirus.The B.1.617 variant was first detected in India last...
Shamed BBC journalist apologizes over Princess Diana interview – Arab News
LONDON: Martin Bashir, the BBC journalist who tricked princess Diana into giving an explosive interview, on Sunday apologized to Princes William and Harry, but said claims linking his actions to...
The New York Times slammed for full-page ad condemning pro-Palestinian celebrity models for their...
DUBAI: This week, The New York Times ran a full page ad that condemned part-Palestinian models Gigi and Bella Hadid and British-Albanian popstar Dua Lipa for showing solidarity with the...
David Blumberg: When visiting Israel, I leave my heart at passport control and follow...
"We will always invest in Israel," says David Blumberg, one of the world's most seasoned venture capitalists. "I believe in Israel both as a capitalist and as a Zionist." Blumberg has...
‘Eye On Culture: The Jewish Experience’ Comes To CBS News In Recognition Of Jewish...
(CBS) – In recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month, CBS News is featuring original reporting on the Jewish American experience across all platforms and stations. The dedicated coverage, which debuted earlier...
ICYMI Sen. Coons, HBCU Caucus announce introduction of landmark campus infrastructure bill – WITN22
May 21, 2021 WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (D-N.C.) and French Hill (R-Ark.) introduced the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure,...
Meet NIST’s pandemic poet and other characters from 1918, quasicrystal was created by nuclear...
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Jewish Google staff demand tech giant shows support for Palestine – Arab News
LONDON: A group of Jewish Google employees has written to the company to demand a ramp up in support for Palestinians in the wake of Israel’s devastating Gaza airstrike campaign.
The...
Douglas Elliman’s Scott Durkin on His Life, Career and Resi Brokerage – California News...
Scott Darkin (Photo by Axel Dupoo) SThe cott Durkin may play the second (or third) fiddle. The· President and COO One in New York Largest securities company You won’t get...
U.S. changes policy that denied citizenship to the children of same-sex couples – CBS...
The U.S. State Department has revoked a policy that made it difficult for the children of same-sex parents to recognized as U.S. citizens at birth. The previous policy stated that the...
Peter Scott-Morgan, the world’s first full ‘cyborg’, on his battle with motor neurone disease...
Words: Thomas Stichbury; pictures: Provided When Peter Scott-Morgan was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, he decided to begin the biggest experiment of his life: to become the world’s first full ‘cyborg’...
Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate runs for parliament – Yahoo Singapore News
South China Morning PostEurope is not an easy ally against China, former US trade representative Charlene Barshefsky saysThe United States should realise that it is not going to be easy to...
National Gay Wedding Association Announces Strategic Partnership – PRNewswire
"Partnering with the National Society of Black Wedding and Event Professionals is instrumental in bridging the divide.."
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"We are thrilled to align with the National Gay Wedding Association," says Tara Melvin,...
New cybersecurity threats every business needs to know about – The CEO Magazine
While we continue to rely on remote tools to communicate in today’s virtual workplace, cybersecurity must be a top priority for the C-suite.
Encouragingly, cyber seems to be on the radar. When...
Adams, Coons, Hill, Scott, and Colleagues Announce Introduction of Landmark Bill – Congresswoman Alma...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC), Rep. French Hill (R-AR), and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) announced the introduction of the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education for HBCU Excellence Act (IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act)....
SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Overcomes Pandemic Challenges and Readies for Pride – San Francisco...
By Alejando Rios– On March 3, 2020, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB) was conducting its second-to-last rehearsal ahead of its upcoming concert, Notes From the Peace Corps, produced...
Amazon.com faces five new racial, gender bias lawsuits – Reuters
The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo/File Photo/File PhotoAmazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) was hit on Wednesday with five new...
Apple compromises policies in China, and it’s not the only tech giant to do...
The US tech giant Apple has made some compromises like storing user data on Chinese state-owned servers -- contradicting its own privacy policy and censoring apps that conflict with local regulations...