Center for critical race and digital studies and coauthor of race appeal how candidates invoke the race in political campaigns, the winner of the 2012 a psa ralphs monkey award and also with us hed David Ellingtons founder and executive chairman of the Silicon Valley block chain society, a global member driven ecosystem block chaining cryptocurrency related project across industries and for social impact. Members are active investors primarily in technology, collectively representing more than 1. 5 trillion in investment capital, and the motto is funded revolution. I love that. We are so pretty new that is very compelling story, very important story kind of lesser known in tech, but looking at people have been working towards a social justice inside the Tech Industry and the book is called black software the internet Racial Justice, from the afronet to black lives matter of course by charlton d. Mcllwain and published by our friends at Oxford University press. Gentlemen, pleasure to ha
Thorn talk with them and dan joins us live in oakland tonight with more on the story dan. Well pam were learning tonight that the Security Company thats involved in this dispute was actually fired by the apartment complexs Management Group thankful that this situation didnt get completely out of hand the man tells me that more security than more training actually is needed for these types of security guards while taking pictures of these bike racks oakland city planner kenya wheeler says he was approached and threatened by 2 security guards, one of them even drawing a gun. It was frightening troubling and wednesday night dispute happened here at the election webster apartments near downtown oakland. As the citys chairman of the pedestrian and Bicycle Commission wheeler says he wanted to showcase the fruits of their labor allies are taking pictures and thats why doesnt that theres a plan to love our city that something i do actually want to travel i live in this area, instead as seen in
The Senate Banking committee yesterday held a hearing on Digital Currencies and how they should be regulated. Well hear from witnesses from a Financial Services company, the Congressional Research service, and a law professor. This is about an hour and 25 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Last congress, this Committee Held two hearings examining the Digital Currency ecosystem. In those hearings we heard about some of the development that is have occurred within the Digital Currency marketplace since the creation of bitcoin in 2008. The potential benefits of Digital Currencies and the concerns about the value stability, fraud, and illicit uses, market manipulation, and privacy. Since then, facebook announced its intentions to launch a block chain system, lee bra, that will be comprised of financial and nonfinancial members including facebooks digital wallet service. Facebook including how they interact with u. S. And International Regulatory frameworks, the potential benefits an
Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject, and that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year are facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation driving towards effective actio
A right wing religious party. California that becomes the latest state in the u. S. To legalize the use of marijuana plus. In a few months time the stands here at Luzhniki Stadium in moscow will be filled with football fans from all over the world. And ill have more on this later in the program with russia now in its world cup year. The death toll after five days of antigovernment protests across iran has reportedly risen to fifteen with a Police Officer now among the dead Iranian State media say that Security Forces stopped on protesters trying to take up police stations on military bases peter shop has the latest. On the fifth day of protest and the social media blackout imposed by the government has done little to stop the demonstrators out on the street. Posting these videos from cities across iran this was big john on monday. Night gunshots scattering the people on the streets. At Shahin Shazam buildings on fire the protests showing no sign of losing its momentum i dont think we c