Issa Rae’s career is soaring, but even so she’s less optimistic about support for women in Hollywood now than she was in the immediate wake of #MeToo. “It feels like we’re regressing, depressingly so,” the Rap Sh!t creator told Elle magazine. “There are just too many enablers for there to be real change. People have … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A federal judge won’t block the plan to move two dozen incarcerated teens to Angola, according to a ruling issued on Friday, Sept. 23. In the 64-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick said she was not a fan of seeing young inmates transferred to Angola. However, she concluded there … Read more
During the George W. Bush and Barack Obama years, many Republicans steered clear of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Infowars. Even Bill O’Reilly, then a Fox News host, was overtly contemptuous of Jones. But during Donald Trump’s presidency, Infowars was granted White House press credentials; the Trump White House treated Infowars much more respectfully … Read more
Parents had their accounts seized after the tech giant flagged them as child abusers – even after police exonerated them Google’s stepped-up crusade against child sexual exploitation on its platforms risks destroying the lives of the very children it purports to save – as well as innocent parents – by leaving their reputations, their freedom and perhaps … Read more
Beijing insisted that Chinese control over Taiwan is inevitable following a provocative visit by a senior US official China’s top diplomat has denounced US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a “complete farce,” warning that those who “offend” Beijing will face consequences. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting in Cambodia … Read more
“Sexual violence against women and girls should be treated as a national emergency until it has been defeated,” Rishi Sunak said “Sexual violence against women and girls should be treated as a national emergency until it has been defeated,” Rishi Sunak said Rishi Sunak has vowed to hunt down and stamp out grooming gangs who … Read more