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... in the tech industry, venture capitalists brag about their “pattern recognition” capabilities. They say they can recognize a successful entrepreneur when they see one. The pattern always resembles Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos or them: a nerdy male. Women, blacks and Latinos need not apply. Venture capitalists openly ad
... entrance of a West Texas ranch leased by the governor's family. The Post reported that the land had a stone at one of its gates with "Niggerhead" painted on it in big block letters. The name, according to the Post, became attached to the site before Perry's family ...
... what is being asked of our men and women in uniform. The second major objective is the far trickier one, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates didn't do much to clear the path on the Sunday morning political talk shows. "No, no. It was not," Gates replied to ABC ...
... Biden to assume the seat once held by President Obama. On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Kirk previewed his first move as a senator. "My first bill that I'm going to introduce tomorrow is called the Spending Control Act," Kirk said. One provision of the bill he highlighted is an ...
Music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are interviewed for a Sound Opinions video segment about Pitchfork. Photo by Kate Gardiner/PBS NewsHour. Don’t even think of trying to get into this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival by just showing up — the epic three-day event has been sold ...
... white mother from Kansas, has a more positive view of blackness. He wants the rest of us to pass that message on to our kids. BILL COSBY: There is a time, ladies and gentlemen, when we have to turn the mirror around. CLARENCE PAGE: So does Bill Cosby. Now 67 ...
Bill Nye shares his thoughts on building passion for science, empowering girls in STEM education and why long division isn't obsolete.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a congressional panel investigating the deadly Benghazi attacks said Friday that a member of Hillary Rodham Clinton's inner circle could provide key insight into how the State Department maintained its presence in Libya prior to the 2012 attack.
Today in the Morning Line: Obama opens door to Ebola czar In for a wild last two weeks of the campaign Stay cool, man, especially when you’re in Florida Here comes the czar? Ebola, final-stretch campaigning, and “fan-gate.” It was all part of another wild week in politics. President Obama on Thursday opened the door...
It’s always gratifying when an interview gets headlines. We cover the news, but it’s also kind of fun to make news from time to time. So I knew when I walked on stage to interview former President Bill Clinton at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s annual fiscal summit this week that I would ask about...
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