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Music

Thundercat & Tame Impala Connect For “No More Lies” Single

Thundercat & Tame Impala Connect For “No More Lies” Single

Here for all of this.

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How should we think about Michael Jackson's music? A new podcast explores his legacy

Journalist Leon Neyfakh and hip-hop commentator Jay Smooth explore Jackson's staying power despite allegations of child sexual abuse. They call the series a "social history" rather than a biography.

How should we think about Michael Jackson’s music? A new podcast explores his legacy

Journalist Leon Neyfakh and hip-hop commentator Jay Smooth explore Jackson’s staying power despite allegations of child sexual abuse. They call the series a “social history” rather than a biography.

NPRRachel Treisman

Technology

Why simply learning to code isn’t enough to thrive in the digital economy.

Learning to code isn’t enough

Historically, learn-to-code efforts have provided opportunities for the few, but new efforts are aiming to be inclusive.

MIT Technology ReviewJoy Lisi Rankin

On AI-Generated Works: What About Black Writers?

AI-generated works affect all writers. However, for the Black writers already sidelined by structural and institutional racism, the implications of AI widening the racial divide in the writers’ room are grave.

On AI-Generated Works: What About Black Writers? - AFROPUNK

With AI-generated works becoming more accessible, creators like TV/film writers and musicians have good reason to be concerned.

AFROPUNKMisa Narrates

Hugging Face has released an open source alternative to ChatGPT

Hugging Face releases its own version of ChatGPT

Hugging Face, the AI startup, has released an open source version of ChatGPT dubbed HuggingChat.

TechCrunchKyle Wiggers

Culture

A Dream Demurred Owner of Langston Hughes Home Opts for Quiet Dignity

For Dr. Beverly Prince — a retired surgeon who bought the brownstone in 1985 from the son of the couple who had purchased it with Hughes — the tension between individual ownership and the house’s role as what she calls “an expression of Harlem” has never gone away. Hughes lived there from 1947 until his death in 1967.

A Dream Demurred: Owner of Langston Hughes’ Home Opts for Quiet Dignity

The owner of the legendary poet’s onetime Harlem residence still wants it open to the community — and free from outside control.

The CityEmily Swanson

African American Mayors head U.S.’s four largest cities

The African American Mayors Association held its ninth annual conference April 19-21 in Washington, D.C.  This year’s conference was historic because it, for the first time, brought together Black mayors who are now in control of the four largest cities in the United States — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, New York Mayor Eric Adams, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, and Chicago’s outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot (who is being replaced by Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson) were all in attendance for a “fireside chat” where they spoke about how they were able to guide their cities through the COVID-19 pandemic and have dealt with issues of crime and housing.

African American Mayors head U.S.’s four largest cities - New York Amsterdam News

The African American Mayors Association held its ninth annual conference April 19-21 in Washington, D.C. Under the conference theme “Our Mayors Our Cities: The Catalyst for Equitable and Inclusive Growth,” participants talked about the future of leadership, change, and growth in cities across Americ…

New York Amsterdam NewsAmNews Staff Reports

Sports Roundup: NBA Playoffs, Manchester City vs. Arsenal, NFL Draft, Aaron Rodgers

Sports Roundup: NBA Playoffs, Manchester City vs. Arsenal, NFL Draft, Aaron Rodgers

Soccer Man City vs. Arsenal: an analytical look at the biggest game in the Premier League season Man City vs. Arsenal: an analytical look at the biggest game in the Premier League season | PFF News & Analysis | PFFA preview of Wednesday’s match at the Etihad which is being dubbed a

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So Many Ways to Communicate at Work, So Many Ways to Misfire

So Many Ways to Communicate at Work, So Many Ways to Misfire

Workplaces have become saturated with ways to talk, often breeding mistakes and misunderstandings.

The Wall Street JournalAnne Marie Chaker