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Stassi Schroeder’s podcast, “Straight Up With Stassi,” has been dropped by all major platforms after she was fired from “Vanderpump Rules” after making a false police report on her former castmate Faith Stowers. Radio.com released a statement Wednesday saying, “We recently learned of racially charged and inappropriate actions by Stassi Schroeder during one of her …
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Defund the police. Better still, disband them. Apologize for being White, or maybe not. Or, maybe, reject the notion that racism holds back African-Americans, or perhaps, wrap the whole premise of the foundation and purpose of America around it instead. The dizzying nature of social media, mainstream media, political rallies, and public relations posturing leads …
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A just society requires just institutions. With the George Floyd killing and associated protests raising a number of issues involving race, the police, and state power that have long interested libertarians, the relationship between libertarian thought and calls for “social justice,” coming almost exclusively from the left, has found its way into the spotlight. Although …
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Among the targets are monuments of former prime ministers, sea captains, pubs, street signs, and even a school and hospital. Monuments of former prime ministers such as William Gladstone and Sir Robert Peel, as well as English sea captains James Cook and Sir Francis Drake, are listed as targets. They feature on a website called …
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Joan Smalls is calling for major change in the fashion industry. The Puerto Rican-born model, 31, is speaking out about discrimination she’s faced over the course of her career and calling on those who’ve pledged inclusivity to put tangible practices in place. In the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and more …
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For years, Democrats and those on the left have been trying to suppress America’s true history — the one that tells of American Exceptionalism, the one that speaks of the genius of the Founding Fathers, the one that speaks of freedoms for the individual as coming from God, not government. And now, with George Floyd, …
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The police ‘are not society’s punchbags’, a boss representing frontline officers has said, after one of his colleagues was attacked as he tried to tackle a suspect, while laughing passersby posed for selfies without coming to his aid.Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, warned attacks on officers seem to be increasing …
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NASCAR announced Wednesday that it would ban displays of the Confederate flag at its races Wednesday, after Bubba Watson — the lone black driver in the sport — called for its banning. “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all …
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President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow has denied the existence of systematic racism. Kudlow, responding to a reporter’s question Wednesday on whether he believes systematic racism exists in the US answered, ‘I do not.’ He repeated his answer twice when the reported pressed him on his answer which comes as thousands have marched …
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary has announced it will redefine “racism” to include the concept of “systemic racism,” following a complaint by a recent college graduate. Kennedy Mitchum, who graduated from Drake University in Iowa, had written to Merriam-Webster after she concluded that its definition was not sufficient to describe racism as currently experienced in the U.S. …