Tag: Racism

While the course doesn't start until the spring semester, it is already creating controversy on campus. (Wikipedia Commons)

Red Alert Politics

College offers White Racism course, lecture on ‘Race and Racism in the Trump era’

Richard Raps · November 9, 2017 6:07 pm

Twitter recently "verified" the Twitter account held by Jason Kessler, who organized the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. that sparked violent clashes protesters and counter-protesters. Kessler's tweets will now be more visible on Twitter feeds. (AP Photo)

White supremacist behind Charlottesville rally gets verified on Twitter

Diana Stancy Correll · November 9, 2017 4:56 am

Sources say Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is particularly upset with head of the National Football League Roger Goodell due to his handling of players protesting the national anthem. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones upset at Roger Goodell over national anthem controversy: Report

Daniel Chaitin · November 9, 2017 4:48 am

The incident in late September, in which five black cadet candidates found slurs written on the message boards of their dorm room doors, drew national attention, especially after Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria addressed cadets and cadet candidates at the Colorado Springs Campus, saying, "If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out." (iStock photo)

National Security

Racial hoax: Supposed victim at Air Force prep school actually wrote the notes

Todd Shepherd · November 8, 2017 4:14 pm

Here is Alan Dershowitz's response to several items against him at the Daily Californian, the student newspaper of the University of California, Berkeley. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: Berkeley’s student newspaper refuses to publish my response to an anti-Semitic op-ed, so here it is

Alan Dershowitz · November 7, 2017 10:29 pm

It's unclear if the Las Vegas crisis contributed at all to the White House's delay in naming an acting administrator. (iStock)

Man arrested after threatening to kill ‘all white police’ at the White House

Naomi Lim · November 7, 2017 12:49 am

A Conservative Defense of Privilege Theory

David Marcus · November 6, 2017 9:07 am

San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, bottom center, and safety Eric Reid, bottom right, kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Ohio Republican uses issue of kneeling NFL players to launch House bid

David M. Drucker · November 6, 2017 4:01 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with U.S. and Japanese Business Leaders at the U.S. Ambassador's residence, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Tokyo. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

CNN’s Van Jones: I got free meals for two weeks after I said Trump won because of a ‘whitelash’

Naomi Lim · November 6, 2017 1:57 am

Anticipatory Journalism

The Scrapbook · November 3, 2017 7:10 am

Trevor Noah criticized President Trump for responding more harshly to the New York City terror attack than he did to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. He then played a montage of Trump allies slamming people who "politicized" the Las Vegas massacre in the days following the shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

National Security

Trevor Noah: ‘When it was a Nazi, Trump needed more facts. When it was a Muslim, that was the only fact he needed’

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 12:28 pm

Her comments violated Uber's "community guidelines." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Far-right activist Laura Loomer banned from Uber after rant about Muslim drivers

Katie Leach · November 1, 2017 11:48 pm