Rashawn Ray

Why is Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover increasing hate speech?

Rashawn Ray and Joy Anyanwu

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) faces an overwhelmingly empty Republican section of the House chamber as she is applauded by her Democratic colleagues after announcing that she will remain in Congress but will not run for re-election as Speaker after Republicans were projected to win control of the House of Representatives, on the floor of the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Around the halls: What do the midterm elections mean for tech policy?

Nicol Turner Lee, Cameron F. Kerry, Bill Baer, Mark MacCarthy, Tom Wheeler, Alex Engler, Rashawn Ray, Aaron Klein, and Mishaela Robison

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

TechTank Episode 57: What will it take to create inclusive AR/VR for a more diverse metaverse?

Nicol Turner Lee, Rashawn Ray, and Kinnis Gosha

Monday, November 14, 2022

July 26, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: A Black Lives Matter protester holds "Black Lives Matter" sign during a rally at Nubian Square in Boston. (Photo by Keiko Hiromi/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Black Lives Matter at 10 years: 8 ways the movement has been highly effective

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

On the screen is an image of HKUST's Twin Campuses in Metaverse, which is what the foreground person sees via the VR headset at the press conference on Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's (HKUST) launching the MetaHKUST, the world's First Twin Campuses in Metaverse. MetaHKUST is a learning area in the metaverse which will connect the university's Hong Kong campus with the one in Guangzhou, enabling students to take lessons without geographical constraints. 28JUL22 SCMP / Xiaomei Chen

Ensuring equitable access to AR/VR in higher education

Nicol Turner Lee, Rashawn Ray, Samantha Lai, and Brooke Tanner

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Members of the Buffalo Police department work at the scene of a shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Preventing racial hate crimes means tackling white supremacist ideology

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Ukrainian refugees come in Przemysl, Poland, on March 1, 2022. (Photo by Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows racism has no boundaries

Thursday, March 3, 2022

FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Around the Halls: One year since the January 6 insurrection

John Hudak, William G. Gale, Darrell M. West, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Rashawn Ray, Molly E. Reynolds, Elaine Kamarck, William A. Galston, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Combating racism on social media: 5 key insights on bystander intervention

Melissa Brown, Samantha Elizondo, and Rashawn Ray

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Build Back Better infrastructure agenda at the NJ TRANSIT Meadowlands Maintenance Complex in Kearny, New Jersey, U.S., October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What does the Build Back Better Framework mean for BIPOC communities?

Kristen Broady, Camille Busette, Tonantzin Carmona, Keon L. Gilbert, Carlos Martín, Robert Maxim, Andre M. Perry, Rashawn Ray, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Friday, November 5, 2021