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LGBT North Carolina Governor Attacks NBA For Pulling 2017 All-Star Game by Zack Ford Jul 22, 2016 2:12 pm CREDIT: AP Photo/Chuck Burton The NBA announced Thursday that it will no longer hold its All-Star Game in Charlotte next year because North Carolina state lawmakers refused to backtrack on HB2, the anti-transgender law passed…
Charles Kinsey was trying to calm down an autistic patient who had run away from his North Miami assisted living facility when police arrived. A bystander filmed their interactions on July 18, before Kinsey was shot. (Courtesy Hilton Napoleon) Police in South Florida shot an unarmed black caretaker Monday as he tried to help his autistic patient. Charles…
Megyn Kelly during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.Fox News Lots of inappropriate things happened on the third night of the Republican National Convention. Crowds booed Ted Cruz and berated his wife Heidi, who had to be escorted from her seat by security. Conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Keota, Iowa, in 2015. (Charlie Neibergall/AP) Four years before Hillary Clinton became the first woman to mathematically capture a major U.S. political party’s presidential nomination, a staff member on Rick Santorum’s 2012 presidential campaign posed a question in an email that shocked many people: “Is it God’s highest…
U.S. Appeals Court Finds Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Minority Voters Voters stand in line to cast their ballots inside Calvary Baptist Church in Rosenberg, Texas, on March 1, during the primaries. Erich Schlegel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Schlegel/Getty Images Voters stand in line to cast their ballots inside Calvary…
I’ve been going back and forth about whether or not to say anything about Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones, but I’m just going to go ahead and put my two cents out there. Leslie Jones’ brand of humor is disconcerting to me, especially that time on Saturday Night Livewhen she glorified rape and breeding during slavery, and on another…
The recent shootings in Minnesota, Texas, and Louisiana are shocking and tragic. I can’t begin to imagine the pain and anger felt by the families of the victims. I know it has rippled across the country, and it has deeply affected us here at Airbnb. We believe in trying to make this world feel a…
In December of 2015, a woman named only as Jenny was a star witness in the case against serial rapist Keith Hendricks, who was eventually given two life sentences for his crimes. Jenny is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and when she took the stand, the trauma of being questioned caused a mental breakdown. She ran…
The acronym “RNC” technically refers to the Republican National Convention taking place in Cleveland, Ohio this week. But if the city’s current influx of RNC-themed “casual encounters” Craigslist advertisements is any indication, it could just as well stand for, like, Raunchy Nut Cock (or something). The Daily Dot reports that the classifieds site has become…
A quick search online for tweets and videos directed at the @MuslimGirl handle on Twitter throws up some ugly results. One is a video entitled: “The Government Needs to Deport Or Kill Muslims Now.” Of the two comments posted beneath it, one reads: “F***in outstanding sir the only good muslim is a dead one man woman or child [sic].” The video…