Civics 10/24

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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The Ponzi scheme attracted more than 25,000 members in at least 7 different countries, investigators found. Investors used more than a dozen financial institutions, digital currencies and payment processors to carry out deposit and withdrawal transactions. Credit: The Haitian Times

₿ The EminiFX trap: In 2021, Margarette Dominique, a former Marriott employee in Orlando, became entangled in a Ponzi scheme after an accident left her unable to work. But soon, she would meet a fellow church goer — a "church sister" as she recalls — who would introduce her to EminiFX, a purported trading platform and investment club where Dominique could earn thousands of dollars every month through Bitcoin investments. The 61-year-old mother of three was convinced. She eventually invested $22,000 of her savings in EminiFX. But when she couldn't withdraw her money for months on end, Dominique knew something wasn't right. Haitian Times >

💡 NYC’s roadmap to artificial intelligence: Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a comprehensive roadmap for New York City's use and regulation of AI. A few key aspects of the roadmap? Regulating AI, increasing transparency and reporting, and educating city personnel on AI literacy. Civics reporter Felipe De La Hoz weighs in on the opportunities and potential harms of AI. Epicenter-NYC > 

✊🏽 Angola’s musical revolution: A history of struggle and resistance has inspired Angola's musical activism, similar to gospel music during the Civil Rights era or the sounds of "Rara" in Haiti. Despite attempts to suppress it, Angola's music remains a powerful force in the southern African nation's fight for freedom and liberation. PushBlack >

💬 ‘The [Oct. 7] attack on Israel reminded me of Sand Creek and Wounded Knee’: In this op-ed, publisher of Native News Online, Levi Rickert (Potawatomi) draws parallels between the initial attack against Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 and the massacres of Sand Creek in 1864 and the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. He writes, "Violence committed by the U.S. Calvary against Native Americans was evil then, and terrorism committed against Jewish people today is just as evil." He also says Palestinians should not be held responsible for the actions of Hamas, the governing party in the Gaza Strip, adding, "It was wrong for an American to kill an innocent Palestinian mother and [six-year-old] boy in a Chicago suburb." Native News Online > 

📰 How we are — and are not — covering global conflict: Outlier Media, a Detroit-based journalism outlet that reaches communities via text messaging, reaffirms its approach to community coverage in its Oct. 20 letter to readers. The outlet's priority, they write, "...is to focus first on long-standing issues and harm in [Detroit] while providing information and resources to help Detroiters meet their challenges and thrive. Their goal is to acknowledge the sensitivity of this issue, use language carefully, and cover it responsibly to avoid spreading misinformation and divisive rhetoric that can harm its communities. Outlier Media >

🎧 On the latest episode of Our Body Politic, guest host Hagar Chemali, Creator and Host of Oh My World! speaks with SiriusXM Host and MSNBC columnist Nayyera Haq and Global Opinions Editor for The Washington Post, Karen Attiah, about the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Our Body Politic >During the episode, guest Karen Attiah spoke broadly about the general public's heightened awareness of this war due to social media and 24-hour cable news networks. Based on the information you've seen, watched and heard about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian war since Oct. 7, have you come across false or misleading information on social media?

Minn. Palestinians and Jews express hurt, fear as Israel-Hamas war claims lives (Sahan Journal)

7 ways Haiti is connected to Israel and Palestine (The Haitian Times) 

Resources to support Palestinian liberation (Prism)

Lessons on the global fight for liberation (URL Media)

💻 Browse our story collection on the conflict >>>

🎙️ Tune into WURD Radio today, Oct. 24, and tomorrow Oct. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. ET, and Thursday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 6 p.m., when Nick Taliaferro will host a three-day special broadcast on the conflict. 

🎧 Plus: Michael Coard, host of WURD’s Radio Courtroom, interviews Dr. Marc Lamont Hill about the situation in Israel and Gaza. WURD Radio >

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