(2021-09-08). Joseph Stiglitz: Ending Unemployment Benefits as Pandemic Rages Is Cruel & Hurts Economic Recovery. democracynow.org 
As unemployment benefits for millions of U.S. workers expired on Labor Day, with many states suffering the worst surge of the pandemic, economist Joseph Stiglitz says it's "disturbing" federal aid was allowed to lapse. "This is going to feed into the problems posed by the Delta variant." Stiglitz also talks about whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should stay in the job, saying he has done a "reasonable job" during the pandemic but has a tendency "to side with Wall Street and engage in deregulation."
(2021-09-08). Four CEO Pay-Related Taxes in Play on Capitol Hill. ips-dc.org Americans believe the ratio between CEO and worker pay should be no higher than 7 to 1, according to Senate Democrats are looking…
(2021-09-08). Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion in landmark ruling and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the landmark ruling issued by Mexico's Supreme Court to decriminalize abortion services; the indictments announced against 14 Palestinian security officers for the custodial killing of activist Nizar Banat; counter-protests organized across Brazil against rallies held by far right President Jair Bolsonaro; parliamentary elections in Morocco amid continued demands for political and democratic reforms; and a recent study on mask-wearing conducted in Bangladesh and the urgent changes needed in the public health response to COVID-19.
(2021-09-08). Ocasio-Cortez Slams Texas Governor's 'Disgusting' Defense of Abortion Ban. commondreams.org
(2021-09-08). Headlines for September 8, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Announces Acting Gov't as Protests Take Place Across Afghanistan, 75% of U.S. Adults Partially Vaccinated; Quarter of New Cases Are Children Amid Delta Surge, New Zealand Eases Restrictions; Cuba Rolls Out Vaccines for Children as Young as 2, Pro- and Anti-Bolsonaro Protesters Rally on Brazil's Independence Day, Gov. Abbott Claims He Will "Eliminate Rapists" as He Signs Voter Restriction Bill into Law, Biden Warns of Existential Threat of Climate Change as He Visits NY and NJ in Ida's Wake, Global Coalition Calls on U.N. to Postpone November Climate Talks Amid Pandemic, Vaccine Inequity, Mexico's Top Cour…
(2021-09-08). SEP (Australia) public meeting: Defeat anti-democratic electoral laws. Become an electoral member of the SEP! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is holding an online meeting on September 19 to discuss Australia's new party de-registration and electoral laws.
(2021-09-08). Biden Exits Afghanistan, Heads In The Wrong Direction. popularresistance.org On August 31, Joe Biden accepted the inevitable and announced the final departure of all open military personnel from Afghanistan. | Perhaps, the most important part of the speech had to do with the future, and here Biden was unequivocal: | "And here is the critical thing to understand: The world is changing. We're engaged in a serious competition with China. We're dealing with the challenges on multiple fronts with Russia. ….We have to shore up American competitiveness to meet these new challenges and the competition for the 21st century." | A major motivation for getting out of Afghanistan is to give the US a…
(2021-09-08). Taliban's New Acting Government Filled with Hard-Liners, No Women Is "Disappointing" as Protests Grow. democracynow.org 
As the Taliban announces a new acting government in Kabul led by hard-liners from its previous stint in power and fight against U.S. occupation, Danish Afghan journalist Nagieb Khaja says the composition has been a "surprising outcome" as many observers expected the group to strike a more conciliatory tone. "It's really been disappointing for the people who have been looking for a glimpse of hope," Khaja says. This comes as protests grow nationwide, and aid organizations are warning of a looming humanitarian crisis.
(2021-09-08). Biden tours flood-ravaged New York and New Jersey. wsws.org In the face of a mounting climate disaster, Biden and the assemblage of Democrats joining him Tuesday offered nothing more than sound bites.
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(2021-09-08). The Biden-Ghani Call Might be More Damning than the Trump-Zelensky One. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-08). Biden-Zelensky deals include reviving Ukraine's nuclear status. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine intends to build NPPs, nuclear fuel production plant based on Skhidny Mining with U.S. support — MP The project for the development of nuclear energy worth $9.6 billion presented in the United States includes the construction of two power units of the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant (NPP) and small modular reactors (SMRs), as well …
(2021-09-08). 650,000+ Injuries Reported after COVID Vaccines, as Biden, FDA Spar Over Boosters. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-08). The Race Class Narrative Can Win. popularresistance.org We're glad to be at a point in American political discourse where the question being posed is how to talk about race and class, rather than whether to do so. For too long, many on the left, especially white progressives, have shied away from talking directly about race and racism. Talking about race, they have argued, is divisive and costs us electoral victories. This approach centers the experiences of white voters, who don't feel the direct impact of racism in our economy or democracy, and neglects the concerns of people of color, who make up a large portion of our base. It also ignores the fact that race is al…
(2021-09-08). On Brazil's independence day, hundreds of thousands defended democracy. peoplesdispatch.org The 'Cry of the Excluded' also mobilized people in defense of national sovereignty and against the favoring of the interests of the ruling class, companies and banks over the well-being of the people.
(2021-09-08). Virginia's health board moves to loosen pandemic safety rules as the state cuts unemployment benefits for thousands. wsws.org Throughout the pandemic, the Democratic Party-controlled government has consistently sacrificed the health and well-being of its population to the interests of big business.
(2021-09-08). September 7th: The Greatest Crime. popularresistance.org Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro just appropriated Brazil's September 7, Independence Day holiday for his own political purposes. | If he had appropriated Rio's Cristo Redentor statue or Petrobras state petroleum company, the crime would have been less egregious. | September 7th is supposed to be a great civic festival that includes all Brazilians, regardless of party colors or ideological preferences. But this year, it will will be an exclusive manifestation of the bolsonaristas in support of their "Myth" and, even worse, in defiance of or even attacking democratic institutions. | There are a lot of warnings a…
(2021-09-08). Corporate media silent on Australia's party de-registration laws. wsws.org The near-universal lack of reporting is clearly intended to keep ordinary people in the dark about these anti-democratic laws and their far-reaching implications.
(2021-09-08). Moroccans vote amid calls for boycott of elections over repression and lack of democratic space. peoplesdispatch.org The elections are being held under the 2011 constitution. Many sections of society, including the Democratic Way party, have pointed out that the process promotes a fake democracy and enshrines tyranny…
(2021-09-08). 'Easier to vote, harder to cheat': Texas Gov. Abbott signs voting integrity law that sparked Democratic exodus. rt.com 
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an "election integrity" bill aimed at making it more difficult to engage in electoral manipulation after a Democrat-led effort to scuttle the vote by fleeing the state failed. | Abbott, a Republican, announced the passage of the Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021 alongside Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and two Republican state senators on Tuesday. The bill "ensures that every eligible voter will have the opportunity to vote" by expanding the number of hours polling places stay open, "fixes [the] problem" of fraud-prone mail-in balloting by requiring ID, and makes ballot harv…
(2021-09-08). "Will Corporate Greed Prolong the Pandemic?": Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on Global Vaccine Equity. democracynow.org 
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says global vaccine inequity endangers everyone on the planet, including those in rich countries, and says the best way to solve the problem is to drastically increase production of COVID-19 vaccines. "As long as the disease is festering someplace in the world, there are going to be mutations," Stiglitz says. "So it's in our own self-interest that we get the disease controlled everywhere."
(2021-09-08). "Badly Damaged": Environmental Activist in "Cancer Alley" Documents Oil Spills After Hurricane Ida. democracynow.org 
As part of our ongoing coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest storms to ever hit the United States, we go to St. James Parish, Louisiana, to speak with Sharon Lavigne, the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, who lives in the heart of Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," home to more than 150 petrochemical facilities. She is now documenting oil spills in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida even as her home was badly damaged.
(2021-09-08). Fossil Fuel Leaks, Spills, Flaring & Chemical Releases After Hurricane Ida May Be Worst Ever Recorded. democracynow.org 
Oil and gas investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz says the extent of damage done after Hurricane Ida from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry from leaks, spills, flaring, ruptures and chemical releases in the Gulf Coast could be among the worst of such events ever recorded. As half a million electricity customers continue to suffer without power, Juhasz also reports New Orleans faces excessively high durations and frequencies of power outages that mostly hit neighborhoods which are majority people of color and low income.
(2021-09-08). Nonviolent Jousting With Northrop Grumman. popularresistance.org Under the aegis of Baltimore Peace Action, twelve stalwarts left Baltimore on September 3 to take on weapons contractor Northrop Grumman. If Sancho Panza were with us, he would have described our journey to Linthicum Heights, Maryland as foolish and nonsensical. How dare this group to think it could joust with a giant weapons contractor which has great influence in Congress, in the Pentagon and even in the White House? Nevertheless, armed with signs, a Veterans for Peace flag, chunks of watermelon, Pellegrino water and a letter to CEO Jackie Warden, we arrived at a corporate office. Our signs carried messages whi…
(2021-09-07). Protestors launch Global Week of Action for Democracy in Swaziland and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at renewed protests in Swaziland with the launch of the Global Week of Action for Democracy; the members of a new 'caretaker' government appointed by the Taliban following the takeover of Panjshir; protests and counter-protests organized across Brazil as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro rallies his supporters to march to Brasilia; the partial agreements signed between the Venezuelan government and the right-wing opposition after another round of talks in Mexico; and the 'Kisan Panchayat' rally held by over 500,000 protesting farmers in India.
(2021-09-07). Battle rages to pass $3.5 trillion progressive agenda. peoplesworld.org 
With the Labor Day holiday over and Congress returning to Washington, the rush is on to pass the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill which is the vehicle for the bulk of President Joe Biden's progressive domestic agenda. Standing in the way are so-called "centrist" Democrats like Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema …
(2021-09-07). Headlines for September 7, 2021. democracynow.org Jobless Benefits for Millions Expire on Labor Day After Congress and White House Fail to Act, Over 1,000 U.S. Schools Cancel In-Person Classes Due to COVID-19, Taliban Defeat Last Pocket of Resistance, Step Up Attacks on Afghan Women, 90% of Afghanistan's 2,300 Healthcare Centers May Soon Be Forced to Close, Warns WHO, Millions in Ethiopia's Tigray Are on Brink of Famine, Warns World Food Programme, Guinean Army Colonel Deposes President Alpha Condé in Military Coup, Millions Rally for Brazil's Far-Right President, Raising Fears of Trump-Like Insurrection, Mexico Breaks Up Caravan of Asylum Seekers; U.S. Deports…
(2021-09-07). The GOP: Worker's Party or Party of the White Republic? zcomm.org The Republican Party is a "working class party" now, according to its nationalist wing. But a deeper look at its pro-worker rhetoric reveals a longstanding trope of the "white worker" against invader populations…
(2021-09-07). Southern White Male GOP Voter Suppression, anti-Abortion Laws are ways of reviving Jim Crow and expanding it to White Women. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — African-Americans have complained about the tendency of commentators to compare political suppression and regressive policies of white Republicans to slavery. Nothing, they rightly maintain, is like slavery. But some GOP laws passed by elite white males are very much like Jim Crow-style discrimination. Voter i.d. laws, for instance, are completely …
(2021-09-07). As Biden Tours Ida Damage, Protesters Demand End to Fossil Fuels. commondreams.org One reproductive rights organizer called the historic decision "an enormous step toward legalization in the entire country."
(2021-09-07). Conservative Republican Demagogues. counterpunch.org "This country is frightening" (Author's italics.) — Philip Roth, "American Pastoral," 1997 Republican state legislatures and governors, with Texas leading the way, are dismantling the essence of American democracy, and the conservative Supreme Court is helping them reach their goal. Get ready to kiss goodbye to Roe v. Wade. These conservative demagogues are building on the authoritarian,
(2021-09-07). War Is A Racist Enterprise. popularresistance.org The U.S.'s failure to prevent the Taliban from retaking political power in Afghanistan sparked feelings of panic in the foreign policy establishment. Warmongers and their loyal servants made endless demands for the twenty-plus year occupation to continue indefinitely. Familiar faces from the neocon establishment such as John Bolton and Bill Kristol urged Joe Biden to reconsider the withdrawal for "national security" reasons. An even larger cohort held firm to the belief that the U.S. should remain in Afghanistan on the premise that the lives of women were in imminent danger under Taliban rule. | Afghanistan has b…
(2021-09-07). US' recognition of Taliban 'a long way off,' Biden says. tass.com Last week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that the US administration was "in no rush" to recognize the Taliban as the new leaders of Afghanistan…
(2021-09-07). Biden Admin. Requests Billions for Disaster Relief, Afghan Refugee Resettlement. commondreams.org "It's not just ignorance, it's ignorance that's hurting people across this country."
(2021-09-07). THE "LONGEST WAR" IS NOT OVER. warisacrime.org Speaking from the White House on August 31, President Joe Biden lied to the people of the U.S. and to the world: "Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan — the longest war in American history." The U.S. war on Afghanistan did not end— it has only adapted …
(2021-09-07). Former US Marine sharpshooter murders four in Florida, including mother, baby and grandmother. wsws.org The shooter, Bryan Riley, 33, was a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and had worked as a private military contractor for multiple companies including Academi, formerly known as Blackwater.
(2021-09-07). Biden Is Turning Pages on Foreign Policy. strategic-culture.org The great danger is that Washington's provocations will cross the "red line" with Moscow and lead to escalation, which will indeed be a page-turner. | When President Biden gave his speech on August 31 about the Afghanistan debacle he touched on future U.S. policies as regards the massive military leviathan which is deployed to over 750
(2021-09-07). Has Biden Now Lost Saudi Arabia? globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-07). Politicians Globally Call On Biden To Drop Prosecution Against Assange. popularresistance.org Politicians around the world are sending a message to US President Biden to drop the charges against Julian Assange ahead of his 50th birthday. Julian Assange, an unconvicted, remand prisoner who hasn't been charged in Britain is spending 3rd birthday inside high-security Belmarsh prison despite winning his extradition case last January. A cross party group of UK parliamentarians took the opportunity of Biden's visit during G7 summit in Cornwall and appealed to President in an open letter saying: "The effect of your predecessor's decision to take a criminal case against a member of the press working in our countr…
(2021-09-07). Politicians Globally Call On Joe Biden To Drop The Prosecution Against Julian Assange. popularresistance.org A cross party group of UK parliamentarians took the opportunity of Biden's visit during G7 summit in Cornwall and appealed to President in an open letter saying: "The effect of your predecessor's decision to take a criminal case against a member of the press working in our country is to restrict the scope of permissible press activities here, and set a precedent that others will no doubt exploit. We appeal to you to drop this prosecution, an act that would be a clarion call for freedom that would echo around the globe."
(2021-09-07). People's Action to Biden: Stop Waging the War on Drugs. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released the following statement by Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, and Criminal Justice Campaign Director Ellen Glover in response to the statement the Biden-Harris Administration released to Congress that recommended further criminalization of fentanyl-related substances: "On the campaign trail, Biden made promise after promise to end the …
(2021-09-07). Biden Could Share Vaccine Data With The World. dailyposter.com 
(2021-09-07). Ibram X. Kendi And Democratic Debate. counterpunch.org The vast majority were sympathetic with "anti-racism," believing that we're living in a time now when minorities are finally getting some respect and attention from government and corporations. But at the same time, they were confused about what racism really means because so many are being labeled racist, making the charge meaningless or at least less relevant. Several mentioned that Kamala Harris had called Joe Biden a racist during the primaries, but she became his choice for VP. The term that came up often was "diversity." Most commented that a more diverse population would ultimately get rid of racism becaus…
(2021-09-07). As California Burns, Teacher Pension Postpones Divestment. commondreams.org "It's time President Biden doubled down on his campaign commitments to end our reliance on fossil fuels by stopping the leasing of public lands for fossil fuel extraction and halting the construction of fossil fuel infrastructure projects."
(2021-09-07). Debt Doesn't Go Away Just Because Senator Manchin and Others in Washington Choose Not to Think About It. counterpunch.org Politicians in Washington tend to be a pretty arrogant group. They think they can just define their own terms and expect everyone else just to accept these terms at face value. Senator Manchin gives us a great example of this pattern in his Wall Street Journal column complaining about President Biden's plan for a $3.5
(2021-09-07). Venezuela Rejects Coup d'État in Guinea — International Reactions (AFRICOM). orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, September 6, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—In the midst of tension and uncertainty, the inhabitants of the Republic of Guinea face a new political crisis following the coup that overthrew the president, Alpha Condé, who had ruled the African country democratically since 2010. | Since last Sunday, September 5, insurgent military forces under the direction of Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, stormed the presidential palace in Conakry and illegally detained President Condé. The justification of the military coup plotters was the president's alleged lack of democratic principles, financial mismanagement, and the…
(2021-09-07). The Political Economy Of Racial Inequality. popularresistance.org From the rise of Ronald Reagan through the presidency of Donald Trump, the absence of class-based understandings of racial inequality gave us crack babies, super-predators, and many other underclass tropes. While the past two years have witnessed widespread calls for a racial reckoning—influenced in no small part by the horrors of Trumpism—a majority of Democratic politicians and corporate media figures have preferred to frame events in moral terms, using a cultural, race-based analysis of inequality that is antagonistic to social democratic politics.
(2021-09-07). Vacations Canceled! Governor of Anzoátegui State Returns to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
This Sunday, September 5, amid multiple complaints and ongoing investigations by the Public Ministry, the current governor of Anzoátegui state, opposition politician Antonio Barreto Sira, arrived in Venezuela from Miami, where he was on vacation, due to the flooding of the Neverí river. In addition, irregularities were revealed regarding his signing of official documents while he was in the state of Florida, in the United States. | The return of the Democratic Action politician was demonstrated by videos that circulated on social networks, in which the governor could be seen walking the hallways of the Simón Bolí…
(2021-09-07). Democrats, teachers unions push school reopenings as pandemic expands across Pennsylvania. wsws.org This year, with almost no remote learning, class sizes will return to their previous overcrowded 20, 25 and 30 students per room. One can be certain that covid cases will explode throughout the state.
(2021-09-07). "9/11's Unsettled Dust": Bush's EPA Hid Health Risks from Toxic Dust at Ground Zero & Thousands Died. democracynow.org 
As this week marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we look at an enraging new documentary, "9/11's Unsettled Dust," on the impact of the toxic, cancer-causing smoke and dust that hung over ground zero and how the Environmental Protection Agency put Wall Street's interests before public health and told people the air was safe to breathe. One of the key figures in the film is Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who was among the first to expose the public health and environmental crisis at ground zero in a series of reports for the New York Daily News. He says the intense backlash from the mayor…
(2021-09-07). Video: Fight to eradicate COVID-19! Why you should become an electoral member of the SEP. wsws.org The anti-democratic electoral laws, designed to deregister most political parties, are a bid to suppress opposition to the major parties that are responsible for the upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-09-07). "Some Kids Left Behind": After 9/11, No Safety Measures at Stuyvesant H.S. Led to Sickness & Death. democracynow.org 
As we look at the public health crisis that followed the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, we speak with Lila Nordstrom, a student in 2001 at Stuyvesant High School, which neighbors ground zero and was reopened while the site was still burning and releasing toxic smoke and dust. "Our school wasn't just next to the World Trade Center site, but we were also in the center of the clean-up operations," says Nordstrom. "There were not any safety precautions being taken to protect us as we walked to and from school. The building that we were attending school in smelled like smoke 24 hours a day for the entir…
(2021-09-07). Bush's EPA Hid Health Risks From Toxic Dust at Ground Zero and Thousands Died. truthout.org 
As this week marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we look at an enraging new documentary, 9/11's Unsettled Dust, on the impact of the toxic, cancer-causing smoke and dust that hung over ground zero and how the Environmental Protection Agency put Wall Street's interests before public health and told people the air was safe to breathe. One of the key figures in the film is Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who was among the first to expose the public health and environmental…
(2021-09-07). Calls for Impeachment as Bolsonaro Incites Far-Right at Rallies in Brazil. commondreams.org "If we don't deliver, then I think all of the people who came out and voted for Democrats to take control of the House, the Senate, and the White House are going to come out and say, 'that's it.'"
(2021-09-07). Will Immigration Reform Be a 'Pay-For' in Democrats' Budget Proposal? latinorebels.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill this week as congressional committees take the formal steps to advance the various components of Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal.
(2021-09-07). Atheism Could Save Journalism, Democracy, and Your Family. warisacrime.org 
I know, I know, journalism is so bad you don't really want it saved or really see what saving it would mean — much less want it saved by some evil abomination like atheism. And we've never actually had democracy. And I've got no business mentioning your family, especially in the same breath as something …
(2021-09-07). En la víspera de la fiesta golpista, más tensión… y Lula. globalizacion.ca Nunca antes, desde el final de la dictadura militar que duró de 1964 a 1985, la democracia brasileña estuvo tan amenazada como hoy. Lo más increíble es que el líder de la movilización golpista, que además sirve para hundir aún…
(2021-09-07). Meat and Dairy Industry 'Fanning the Flames' of Climate and Biodiversity Crises: Report. commondreams.org Miller, who traveled to Brazil to speak with the country's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of Tuesday's anti-democracy marches, has been permitted to return to the U.S. after being questioned at a Brazilian airport.
(2021-09-07). Bolsonaro marches against democracy in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org Far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has called on his supporters to participate in mass mobilizations on September 7, Brazilian Independence Day, amid a continued drop in approval ratings and increased scrutiny from both the legislative and judiciary over his government's actions.
(2021-09-07). Former Trump Aide Jason Miller Detained in Brazil Over Alleged 'Anti-Democratic Acts'. commondreams.org "Texas already had some of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation, and the passage of this egregious bill just made conditions for voters even worse," said one voting rights advocate.
(2021-09-07). Imagine Spending $8 Trillion to Rebuild a Society Instead of Destroying One. commondreams.org Pro-democracy protesters marched in 200 cities and towns as Brazil's right-wing president threatened high court justices.
(2021-09-07). 'Four-Alarm Fire' for Democracy as Texas Voter Suppression Bill Becomes Law. commondreams.org Climate change will bring a multitude of catastrophes in our future if we fail to prepare.
(2021-09-07). Joe Zadroga: My 9/11 Responder Son Died from Exposure to Ground Zero as Officials Denied Connection. democracynow.org 
As we look at "9/11's Unsettled Dust" and the massive environmental and public health crisis that followed the 9/11 attacks in New York City 20 years ago this week, we speak with Joe Zadroga, father of New York police officer James Zadroga, who died of a respiratory illness after assisting in rescue efforts at ground zero. He says government officials spent years denying his son's symptoms were related to ground zero rescue efforts. "We spent five years trying to get Jimmy help," says Zadroga. "Everyone refused to help us." Congressmember Carolyn Maloney said she faced extreme pressure to change the name of the J…
(2021-09-07). Howard University Attacked with Ransomware, Classes Canceled. moguldom.com Renowned HBCU Howard University was the victim of a ransomware attack Tuesday and has been forced to cancel classes Tuesday as a result. The Washington D.C.-based school made the announcement Monday, Sept. 6, that it was the target of a ransomware cyberattack on Friday, Sept. 3. "The Howard University information technology team detected unusual activity …
(2021-09-07). Google Program Highlights Black-Owned Media In Buying Marketplace, Making It Easier For Advertisers To Support Them. moguldom.com A Google initiative created to highlight Black-owned media for potential advertisers is expanding, bringing the company's pledged commitment to help underrepresented companies back to the forefront. In an email sent from Google AdSense on Friday, Sept. 3, the online giant announced one of its buyers, Display & Video 360, will be adding women and Latin-owned …