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Marvin Minsky, AI Pioneer, Dies At 88

Marvin Minsky, one of the early pioneers of neural networks, died on Sunday at the age of 88. The obituary in the Washington Post paints a fantastic picture of his life. Minsky was friends with ... read more

Norman Lear, TV pioneer and LGBTQ+ ally, dies at age 101

TV pioneer and LGBTQ+ ally Norman Lear died Tuesday at the age of 101 ... it came to TV depictions of LGBTQ+ people. The first out gay character on American television is widely considered ... read more

Trailblazing gay rights activist David Mixner dies at age 77

Longtime LGBTQ+ activist, author, and political consultant David Mixner died on Monday at the age of ... Mixner picketed during the Civil Rights Movement and sent money to Martin Luther King ... read more

'A man of the people': First Black teacher at SDL, civil rights pioneer Frederick M. Reed dies at 88

Reed Sr. died recently at the age of 88, his good friend the Rev. Louis Butcher remembered him as a trailblazer for racial equality in Lancaster County not unlike the Civil Rights Movement ... read more

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Richard Hunt, renowned sculptor of public art, inspired by the civil rights movement, dies at 88

Richard Hunt, a prolific sculptor who was influenced by the civil rights movement and whose public art can be seen across the United States, has died. He was 88. Hunt died Saturday at his home in ... read more

Sheppie Abramowitz, tenacious advocate for refugees, dies at 88

died April 7 at a hospital in Washington. She was 88. The cause was an infection and aortic aneurysm, said her son, Michael Abramowitz, a former Washington Post journalist who leads the pro ... read more

Alexei Leonov, space artist and pioneer, dies at…

and the last surviving cosmonaut of the Voskhod era has died at the age of 85. Alexei Leonov was a pioneer in multiple ways for space exploration, debuting practices and relationships vital to ... read more

Anti-Gay Organizing on the Right

In January of 1977, the Dade County Commission passed a gay-rights ordinance, making Miami the fortieth US city with such a law. The vote alarmed Anita Bryant, a singer, former beauty queen ... read more

Daniel Kahneman, Nobel-Winning Pioneer of Behavioral Economics, Dies at 90

Daniel Kahneman, the Princeton University psychology professor whose work laid the foundations for the field of behavioral economics, died on Wednesday. He was 90. Kahneman and his friend Amos ... read more