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HBCUvc’s new million-dollar fund wants to give overlooked investors a track record
HBCUvc, a nonprofit organization that wants to diversify the world of venture by rooting itself in historically Black colleges and universities, nearly shut down last year. Founder Hadiyah Mujhid met
Minneapolis police tapped Google to identify George Floyd protesters
The warrant ordered Google to turn over a set of user account data. Civil liberties groups have criticized the use of these dragnet search warrants.
What if the kernel is corrupt?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s VC-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week, Alex is on a much-deserved vacation (but not from T
Majority of tech workers expect company solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Our survey found that 79% of tech employees expected public statements from their employer supporting #BLM.
Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources against police brutality?
The protests and unrest of the last week have produced enormous volumes of footage documenting police brutality and other crimes. Where is the platform for this important evidence to be collected, col
Black tech leaders issue call to action to fight racial injustice in the Bay Area
As a tumultuous week of protests draws broad attention to America’s open wounds of racist police violence, a coalition of Black founders, advocates, investors and other leaders are issuing a cal
Facebook employees stage virtual walkout in protest of company’s stance on Trump posts
Some Facebook employees are virtually walking out today to challenge the company’s lack of response to President Donald Trump’s posts pertaining to protests in light of the brutal killing
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors on government surveillance and her upcoming book
In the last year, members of the government have accused the Black Lives Matter organization of being a terrorist organization, calling those associated with it “Black Identity Extremists.”
Social justice activism takes center stage at White House’s SXSL
At the White House’s South by South Lawn today, Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights leader and one of the organizers of the March on Washington, kicked off the “How We Make Change̶
Blavity, the BuzzFeed for black millennials, is raising $1 million and gets a redesign
Blavity, the new media and lifestyle site for the young and black in America, takes on meaningful subjects like the Black Lives Matter movement, NFL player protests and discrimination from Airbnb. The