Writers and intellectuals from across the political spectrum signed an open letter in Harper’s Magazine calling for civility and open discourse, published Tuesday. Signatories of the letter include J. K. Rowling, Noah Chomsky, Margaret Atwood, Gloria Steinem, Bari Wiess, and…
Small-government groups that applied for and accepted Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans were blasted in the press Monday night as hypocrites. Reuters, Forbes, Slate, and others criticized the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and other…
China and India scaled back operations in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) region of the contested Galawan Valley on Monday. Three weeks ago, the valley was the site of the bloodiest altercation between China and India since the 1970s,…
Over the Fourth of July weekend, New York officially rolled back controversial bail reform laws, expanding bail eligibility to a greater number of offenses. The previous bail reform laws, passed in January, prohibited cash bail for all but the most…
Brooklyn 99 star and America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews came under fire Tuesday for tweeting, “We must ensure #blacklivesmatter doesn’t morph into #blacklivesbetter.” This plea to combat black supremacy was not his first. Earlier in June, Crews tweeted, “Defeating White supremacy…
Reddit, the popular internet forum, banned the r/The_Donald chat room Monday, in its revision of hate speech policies. In taking down this haven for Trump supporters, Reddit made this statement: “The community has consistently hosted and upvoted more rule-breaking content…
The possibility of Donald Trump being carted out of the White House in handcuffs, a dream held by so many Never Trumpers, might finally be at hand. Not from our own police, since they cannot be trusted to handle arresting…
On Monday, NBCUniversal announced that they were pulling four episodes of Tina Fey’s 30 Rock that featured characters in blackface. Fey apologized in a statement, stating “ ‘intent’ is not a free pass for white people to use these images.”…