Tag: Racism

Gone with the Wind pulled from HBO Max over ‘racist depictions’

Mike Brest · June 10, 2020 12:07 pm

Harvard professor and philosopher Cornel West, left, address an audience in front of a projected image of former NFL football quarterback Colin Kaepernick, before presenting Kaepernick with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal during ceremonies, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Kaepernick is among eight recipients of Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Medals in 2018. Harvard has awarded the medal since 2000 to people whose work has contributed to African and African-American culture.

‘Shame on you!’: Cornel West and civil rights attorney spar over protests

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 3:15 am

Protesters rally Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Phoenix, demanding the Phoenix City Council defund the Phoenix Police Department. A new pro-police super PAC has formed to challenge "defund" efforts nationally.

‘Sad way to think of yourself’: Shelby Steele decries black victimhood response to Floyd death

Mica Soellner · June 10, 2020 12:09 am

Tennessee state lawmaker apologizes for ‘fried chicken’ remark directed at black colleague

Mike Brest · June 9, 2020 9:31 pm

The Bachelor fans and alumni demand more diversity among contestants

Mica Soellner · June 9, 2020 8:38 pm

On a warm Fourth of July morning 77 years ago, two British battleships slipped into the Mediterranean harbor of Mers El Kebir. At the personal orders of the prime minister and with two-dozen destroyers in tow, those man-o-wars laid waste to an undefended French fleet. It was Sir Winston Churchill's finest moment. (AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)

Beltway Confidential

Stop blaming Winston Churchill for the Bengal famine

Tom Rogan · June 9, 2020 7:52 pm

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Minneapolis manufacturing plant set to flee city following riots

Becket Adams · June 9, 2020 5:51 pm

‘A first great step’: Indianapolis City-County Council declares racism a public health crisis

Mica Soellner · June 9, 2020 5:20 pm

Maryland county neighboring DC to introduce resolution declaring racism a public health crisis

Haley Victory Smith · June 9, 2020 3:40 pm

How Republicans should be thinking about ‘black lives matter’

Kristen Soltis Anderson · June 9, 2020 12:13 pm

‘Ludicrous’: Top cops see chaos and economic crises if police defunded

Anna Giaritelli · June 9, 2020 11:00 am

Jerry Falwell Jr. apologizes for blackface tweet referencing Ralph Northam after backlash

Anthony Leonardi · June 9, 2020 8:12 am