Tag: Racism

According to RAR's Facebook page, the students are demanding Reed College divest from Wells Fargo because the bank has ties to for-profit prisons, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and "police militarization." (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Red Alert Politics

Student protesters beg Colin Kaepernick for support as they face punishment

John Patrick · December 12, 2017 7:09 pm

Bonfire of the academies: Two professors on how leftist intolerance is killing higher education

Bonfire of the academies: Two professors on how leftist intolerance is killing higher education

bret-weinstein, heather-heying · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

"At the end of the day when Roy Moore, if he should win, goes to Washington, we will always be questioning his character," Sewell said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Alabama congresswoman: Roy Moore will take us backward to the days of segregation

Naomi Lim · December 10, 2017 3:16 pm

Yogurt is chief among the "girly" foods, not because of any inherent characteristic, but because of years of marketing it to women. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Red Alert Politics

Penn State prof: Eating meat is a form of ‘hegemonic masculinity’

Angela Morabito · December 10, 2017 5:01 am

President Donald Trump gets a tour of the newly-opened Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, left, joins the president on the tour. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump honors civil rights icons at opening of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum: ‘We strive to be worthy of their sacrifice’

Melissa Quinn · December 9, 2017 6:12 pm

Marquie Little, 27, who was assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush (supercarrier pictured above), was disciplined and counseled by his unit after the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and command officials concluded he was not the target of hate writing by someone else. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool photo via AP)

African-American sailor disciplined after Navy probe finds he put racist graffiti on his own bunk

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2017 11:14 pm

They spoke too soon. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP)

Beltway Confidential

ABC News, Huffington Post bungle the Walter Scott sentencing news

Becket Adams · December 7, 2017 9:53 pm

Republicans have put a one-week time limit on debating immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sexual harassment claims in Congress are among the least-reported to Office of House Employment Counsel

Anna Giaritelli · December 7, 2017 5:53 pm

Slager pleaded guilty in May to a federal charge of deprivation of rights under color of law, and a federal judge said Thursday he committed second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

Ex-South Carolina police officer faces 19-24 years for shooting, killing Walter Scott

Melissa Quinn · December 7, 2017 4:16 pm

According to Lawrence Ross, actions that classify as covert white supremacy include chanting "Make America Great Again" and celebrating Columbus Day. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Red Alert Politics

UVA lecturer: Saying MAGA is ‘covert white supremacy’

Isaiah Denby · December 6, 2017 5:17 pm

The majority of voters, 51 percent, did not approve of Trump's job in office. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s approval rating jumps to 45 percent, highest since September

Anna Giaritelli · December 6, 2017 1:03 pm

"President Trump's statements and policies regarding the protection and enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal, and his attendance is an affront to the veterans of the civil rights movement," said Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO (pictured above). (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

NAACP: Trump should stay away from opening of Mississippi civil rights museums

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2017 10:24 pm