by Tyler | Jun 26, 2020 | Clips, Confederate monuments, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Social Justice, Trending
Thursday, during an interview with Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said President Donald Trump was “glorifying white supremacy” by not wanting to rename U.S. military bases named after members of...
by Tyler | Jun 26, 2020 | CHAZ, CHOP, Crime, DeJuan Young, KKK, Politics, Seattle, Social Justice, Trending
A man who was shot outside of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHOP) is calling the attack a “hate crime” and attributing it to the “Proud Boys or KKK.”
by Tyler | Jun 26, 2020 | Jonathan Chait, JournoList, New York Magazine, Politics, Progressives, Social Justice, Tech, Trending, wokeness
A secret group email, or listserv, of progressive data analysts has been outed after one of its members was ostracized for publicly sharing data showing that violent rioting doesn’t tend to be effective in persuading people to support a political cause.
by Tyler | Jun 25, 2020 | Abby Johnson, Abortion, employers, free birth control, Health, Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Social Justice, systemic racism, Trending
Planned Parenthood launched a campaign that urges businesses to pledge free birth control coverage to counter “systemic racism.”
by Tyler | Jun 25, 2020 | Donald Faison, Entertainment, Howard Stern, Hulu, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Chalke, Scrubs, Social Justice, Tina Fey, Trending, Zach Braff
Streaming service Hulu has deleted three episodes of the long running medical comedy show Scrubs, because they contain characters dressed in blackface.
by Tyler | Jun 25, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, charleston, John C. Calhoun, monuments, Politics, Slavery, Social Justice, Trending
Crews in Charleston, South Carolina, are in the process of removing a statue of former Vice President and Senator John C. Calhoun, who was an ardent proponent of slavery.
