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Fighting Climate Change, One Building At A Time
To end climate change, millions of homes will have to stop heating with fossil fuels. It's possible, and can even save money. Entrepreneur Donnel Baird is trying to make it happen.
Polls find no sympathy bounce for Trump as he battles the virus.
Mitch Kapor
"Polls show no signs of a sympathy bounce, and find most Americans don’t think Trump took the virus seriously."
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How to Understand Trump’s Evolving Condition
Day to day, the news can be confusing. But the treatment of COVID-19 has steps, phases, and milestones that can tell us a lot about how the President is doing.
Tracing Trump’s Contacts Before He Tested Positive for Coronavirus
A visual guide to the president’s movements and contacts in the days before he announced his positive test for the coronavirus.
The President Is Not Well
Americans need an accurate account of Trump’s condition. They do not have one.
Mitch Kapor
"The false reassurance that has defined Trump’s response to the pandemic stands to destabilize the world in an entirely new way if people are unclear on the president’s functional status."
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Of presidents and health, history replete with secrecy, lies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Throughout American history, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: Presidents have lied about their health. In some cases, the issues were minor, in other cases quite grave....
Race to theBallot - Splash
JOIN LEADING TECH CEOS AND PROMINENT SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION AND WHAT THE TECH COMMUNITY CAN DO.JOIN US TO HEAR A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON WHY YOUR VOTE IS SO CRITICAL.
Mitch Kapor
Join the conversation Kapor Center hosting w/civil rights leaders & tech CEOs on Oct 8th @ 10 AM PST about what is at stake in this election for communities of color.
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Kapor Foundation Gives $1 Million In Grant Funding To Social Justice Organizations
/PRNewswire/ -- Kapor Foundation announced today that they are giving $1 million in grant funding to national civil rights and local grassroots organizations...
‘The bar just keeps getting higher’: Why the startup game is stacked against Black founders
It was a rude awakening. In 2017, Dr.
A Free Market Manifesto That Changed the World, Reconsidered
Milton Friedman’s libertarian economics influenced presidents and inspired “greed is good.” So what did Friedman get right — and wrong? Today’s business leaders and economists weigh in.
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Mitch Kapor
On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Milton Friedman's ‘The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits’, let us mourn the damage and suffering it triggered and work to make reparations
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Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77
NEW YORK (AP) — Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as “Pressure...
#Supplies4FarmWorkers Kids & Families, organized by Lili Gangas
Hi All!
I"m partnering with Dreamers Roadmap to help fundraise to help farmworker … Lili Gangas needs your support for #Supplies4FarmWorkers Kids & Families
Mitch Kapor
Help farmworker kids and their families in the Central Valley. @therealfreada and I each donated. Thank you, @LilsG31, for organizing.
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Bay Area Latino-owned small businesses join forces in effort to support each other
Bay Area Latino-owned small businesses join forces in an effort to support each other
This algorithm could make it easier for over 73 million Americans to get jobs
One in three Americans has some sort of criminal background. But even convictions for minor offenses can keep them from getting jobs if the employer isn’t using a nuanced approach to vetting.
Impact Magazine: “Our goal is to expand clean energy in all of America’s inner cities.”
Donnel Baird partners locally for a better future.
Protests, Layoffs, and a Pandemic: How Diversity and Inclusion Advocates Are Navigating Tech’s Future | The Plug
Like most industries, tech has certainly not been immune to the national turmoil of the past seven months. As America continues to grapple simultaneously with COVID-19 and a racial reckoning…
Mitch Kapor
Giving a plug to The Plug @tpinsights and its article with quotes from @therealfreada
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EFF’s 30th Anniversary Livestream
Join us for EFF’s 30th Anniversary Livestream on Friday, July 10th! Celebrate three decades of defending Internet freedom with us.The lineup is available, and it’s filled with interactive fun. Stop in to check out a variety of online rights...
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Mitch Kapor
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has fought for your online rights since 1990 when I co-founded it. Learn more about the work they’ve done, from helping encrypt the web to fighting NSA spying.
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Mitch Kapor
Live in 20 minutes (6PM EDT Friday July 10). The @EFF has battled surveillance and protected privacy online for three decades. Celebrate their long history, and all of our digital rights, during their 30th Anniversary livestream party!
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From Recycling Bottles For Cash To Tech CEO: Meet The Latinx Founder Building A $100 Million Tech Hub In California’s Gritty Central Valley
Fresno, California is not where you’d expect to find a startup like Bitwise Industries, which trains tech workers, develops software and invests in tech-friendly real estate.