an independent antiracist
multimedia platform. Antiracism scholar Kendi, who holds BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities and is also a College of Arts & Sciences professor of history, and Venkataraman, who served as a science policy expert in the Obama White House, are the cofounders of the new platform. The mission, they say, is to help reframe today’s national conversation on race.
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The timing of
The Emancipator, which is expected to launch by this summer, is noteworthy. It comes as President Joe Biden moves to address racial inequities amid the growth of white supremacist groups and domestic terrorism, and with opposition from many Republicans who remain loyal to former President Trump, despite his role in inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by Confederate flag–waving white rioters.
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Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?
An older population can serve as the hub for a new kind of innovation cluster.
By Joseph Coughlin and Luke YoquintoUpdated February 15, 2021, 12:18 p.m.
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In the 1980s, Boston fumbled an opportunity that would haunt it for generations. If, at the dawn of that decade, you were asked to predict where Americaâs technological epicenter would soon develop, you might have pointed to the area defined by Route 128. There, a leading group of computer developers had set up shop, supported by a web of academic, business, government, and financial interests. The countryâs high-tech future was being written and, as in revolutions past, it seemed Boston would be holding the quill.