• Black Lives Matter cancel planned Hyde Park protest this weekend after threats

    Black Lives Matter cancel planned Hyde Park protest this weekend after threats

    Organisers of the anti-racist protests due to go ahead at 1pm on Saturday said it must be postponed because “many hate groups” are threatening the safety of the thousands planning to rally. It comes after former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson endorsed plans by far-right groups to host counter protests on the same …
  • Defunding Police Is Not the Answer

    Defunding Police Is Not the Answer

    There’s legitimate debate to be had about many reform proposals. But increased funding has been key to the decades-long drop in our violent-crime rates. Bernie Sanders is right, in the way that he sometimes can be: His ideology has led him to the opposite of a trendy conclusion. In an interview with The New Yorker …
  • 25-year-old Antifa member Margaret Channon arrested on 5 federal counts of arson for setting fire to five Seattle police vehicles

    25-year-old Antifa member Margaret Channon arrested on 5 federal counts of arson for setting fire to five Seattle police vehicles

    A 25-year-old Tacoma woman was arrested Thursday morning on five federal counts of arson after police say she burned five Seattle police vehicles on fire as protests turned violent in downtown Seattle on May 30. U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran said in a news release that Margaret Aislinn Channon was taken into custody without incident …
  • ‘Glee’ star Lea Michele was a mean girl ‘from Day One,’ says Samantha Ware

    ‘Glee’ star Lea Michele was a mean girl ‘from Day One,’ says Samantha Ware

    “Glee” actress Lea Michele was always a mean girl, according to her former co-star Samantha Ware. “I knew from Day One when I attempted to introduce myself. There was nothing gradual about it,” Ware tells Variety in an interview released Thursday. “As soon as she decided that she didn’t like me, it was very evident.” …
  • Robert De Niro opens up about raising 6 biracial children

    Robert De Niro opens up about raising 6 biracial children

    Robert De Niro opened up in an interview Wednesday about raising his six biracial children amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. “My children are all half black and I don’t have … even me, I take certain things for granted,” the 76-year-old Oscar winner said on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “When people …
  • Stormzy donating £10M to black British causes over 10 years

    Stormzy donating £10M to black British causes over 10 years

    British rapper Stormzy is donating 10 million pounds (more than $12,590,000) to UK-based causes that empower black people over the next decade. “The uncomfortable truth that our country continuously fails to recognise and admit is that black people in the UK have been at a constant disadvantage in every aspect of life – simply due …
  • Alison Roman chimes in on the Bon Appétit shakeup

    Alison Roman chimes in on the Bon Appétit shakeup

    Alison Roman is lending her voice in support of Bon Appétit BIPOC staffers, weeks after making controversial comments about Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. The 34-year-old food columnist, who used to work for Bon Appétit, spoke up against the company’s biases and defended her former colleagues after Adam Rapoport, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, resigned over a …
  • The Wing CEO Audrey Gelman resigns amid employee ‘digital walkout’

    The Wing CEO Audrey Gelman resigns amid employee ‘digital walkout’

    The Wing co-founder Audrey Gelman resigned as CEO Thursday amid outrage from employees over how the women-focused co-working space treats people of color. Gelman announced her departure amid a “digital walkout” by Wing staffers, who said her resignation was “not enough” to address the company’s problems. The Wing said Gelman will be replaced by a …
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges $100 million toward racial justice

    Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges $100 million toward racial justice

    Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Thursday the iPhone maker will increase spending with black-owned partners in its supply chain and seek to increase minority representation among the firms it does business with. Cook made the remarks in a video posted to Twitter announcing a $100 million racial equity and justice initiative in the …
  • Exclusive Brentwood School under fire for alleged racist incidents

    Exclusive Brentwood School under fire for alleged racist incidents

    An exclusive Los Angeles private academy’s attempt to show its support for Black Lives Matter on Instagram blew up in its face, when they quickly got deluged with responses claiming it is a racist institution. The Brentwood School, which boasts Hollywood stars like Jonah Hill and Adam Levine as graduates, had its social media quickly …