by David Phillips | Jul 7, 2016 | Featured, Culture
The Washington Post has published a page detailing how many people have been shot and killed by police in 2016. The data is pulled from news reports, public records, social media and other sources and is automatically updated. They have also made the file containing...
by David Phillips | Jul 27, 2015 | Featured, Culture
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Incarcerating the communityIn the last post, I noted that the Southern U.S. more people incarcerated in local, state and federal prisons than any other region on the country. In fact, the South has 7 of the top 10 incarceration...
by David Phillips | Jul 13, 2015 | Featured, Culture, Feature Articles
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Incarcerating the communityDuring the Baltimore riots earlier this year, I ran across an article that spoke to the community impact on Baltimore due to the lack of an older generation with the Black community. The article,...
by David Phillips | Jul 7, 2015 | Feature Articles, Technical, Featured, Culture
The following video is a TED talk delivered in Vancouver, BC in March, 2015 by Chris Urmson, head of Google’s self-driving car program. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinating footage that shows how the car sees the road and makes...
by David Phillips | Jun 24, 2015 | Featured, Culture, Feature Articles
Ferguson, Missouri. New York. Walter Scott. The racial upheaval resulting from these killings have dominated the news for much of the past nine months. But the Charleston massacre last week may have been a tipping point, ripping a large piece of the scab off the...
by David Phillips | Jun 8, 2015 | Featured, Culture
During the late ’80s, Rev. Jeffrey Brown was watching his neighborhood become overrun with drugs and violence. He decided to listen to the young people in the community — not preach to them — in order to bring about change. He is one of the co-founders of the...
