Tag: Racism

South Carolina's capitol removed the Confederate battle flag from a Confederate soldier monument on the statehouse grounds. (AP Photo)

University suspends professors for Confederate-themed Halloween photo amid calls for firings

Mike Brest · March 6, 2021 4:02 pm

4-year-old Lear Preston of Scott Joplin Elementary School attends her online classes as her mother Brittany Preston assists her from the side in their residence in South Side, Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Starting Thursday, Lear will return to class as the nationâs third-largest school district slowly reopens its doors following a bitter fight with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols.

Beltway Confidential

Teachers unions are systemically racist. Here’s why

Brad Polumbo · March 6, 2021 1:00 pm

Joy Reid: Republicans would trade tax cuts for ability to use ‘N-word’ like ‘good old days’

Andrew Mark Miller · March 5, 2021 3:52 pm

The Democratic presidential candidates wereÂ asked whether "black lives matter" or "all lives matter."Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Black Lives Matter pressured to hand over millions of dollars

Joseph Simonson · March 5, 2021 12:00 pm

A copy of the book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," by Dr. Seuss, rests in a chair, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Walpole, Mass. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and protects the author and illustrator's legacy, announced on his birthday, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it would cease publication of several children's titles including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran the Zoo," because of insensitive and racist imagery.

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Ebay to block Dr. Seuss (but you can still buy Mein Kampf)

Becket Adams · March 4, 2021 10:06 pm

A copy of the book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," by Dr. Seuss, rests in a chair, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Walpole, Mass. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and protects the author and illustrator's legacy, announced on his birthday, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it would cease publication of several children's titles including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran the Zoo," because of insensitive and racist imagery.

Beltway Confidential

Erasure of Dr. Seuss and Gone With the Wind are signs of cultural puerility

Quin Hillyer · March 4, 2021 8:42 pm

This Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo shows an eBay sign at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Ebay Inc. reports earnings after the U.S. stock market closes on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

eBay removing all listings of six canceled Dr. Seuss books

Haley Victory Smith · March 4, 2021 6:23 pm

UT-Austin football players say donors threatened career prospects if they eschew school song

Jake Dima · March 4, 2021 5:08 pm

A baby lies in a crib at the Ataturk Children's Hospital a day after being rescued from another maternity hospital following a deadly attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Militants stormed the Barchi National Maternity Hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing tens of people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses, Afghan officials said.

Arizona Education Department encourages talking to babies about racism, says 3-month-olds can be racist: Report

Michael Lee · March 4, 2021 4:07 pm

In this March 27, 2014 photo, a woman shops at the Whole Foods Market in Woodmere Village, Ohio. Whole Foods reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

Goya, Whole Foods, and Forbes: Companies that refuse to bow to cancel culture

Joseph Simonson · March 4, 2021 12:00 pm

Dr. Seuss books rocket to top of Amazon bestseller list after publisher pulls over ‘racist’ imagery

Andrew Mark Miller · March 3, 2021 5:13 pm

An exterior view of St. Francis High School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Teenagers sue private school for $20M, alleging school misinterpreted acne facial photo as ‘blackface’

Kaelan Deese · March 2, 2021 11:26 pm