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More than a dozen protestors were arrested Friday afternoon after blocking a highway leading to Mount Rushmore. The demonstration began several hours before Donald Trump would arrive at the national monument, where he was slated to lead a kick-off event for Independence Day weekend. Photos of the protests show local police and National Guard members responding to the […]
The Cleveland Indians are the latest sports team to announce their decision to reconsider their controversial name. “We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the basketball team said in a public statement. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the […]
Claudia Conway is putting her conservative parents on blast. The 15-year-old garnered headlines this week for a series of viral TikTok videos in which she advocated for social justice and slammed Donald Trump. It was particularly notable, as Claudia is the daughter of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and anti-Trump conservative, George Conway. “I grew up in a […]
Donald Trump will kick off Fourth of July weekend in typical Trump fashion. On Friday night, the president will make an appearance at Mount Rushmore for a showy event that is expected to draw 7,500 people. And, of course, social distancing will not be enforced, despite the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. “… In South Dakota we’ve told people […]
Two GOP lawmakers are attempting to amend a bipartisan bill that would designate Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Their primary reason? Money. Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson insist they support the federal observance of Juneteenth—an annual holiday that commemorates the end of U.S. slavery—but oppose adding another federal holiday to the calendar. They have instead proposed replacing Juneteenth […]
Donald Trump has launched another attack on the growing movement for racial justice. On Wednesday, the president took to Twitter to slam the Black Lives Matter sign that will be painted along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, right outside Trump Tower. POTUS specifically took aim at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for supporting the proposed […]
Police in Seattle have cleared out the city’s ‘autonomous zone’ and arrested over 30 protesters following an executive order from Mayor Jenny Durkan. ABC News reports that the “occupied” zone, which has been dubbed the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area, was cleared by police on Wednesday. The order from Durkan came after four shootings, two of which […]
To be Black in America is to live through a continuous cycle of exhaustion—from slavery to civil rights to Black men and women being killed at the hands of police and even the plague of grind culture fueled by Western values. We’re tired, literally. In the midst of the pandemic, Black and brown people, who […]
Tom Hanks was among the first celebrities to test positive for the coronavirus, and now he’s speaking up on the importance of wearing masks and washing your hands. Ever since the U.S. went into lockdown in March, there’s been an increase in individuals not taking the situation seriously. At a press conference for his new […]
The Conway family dinners are probably awkward AF. Matriarch Kellyanne Conway is a White House adviser who has become one of the most prominent and outspoken supporters of President Donald Trump. Her husband, George Conway, on the other hand, is a registered Independent and co-founder of the Lincoln Project—a right-wing political action committee that aims to prevent Trump’s reelection. Though they strongly disagree […]
