Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., closed Thursdayin response to a threat of violence,one week after campus police advised a white and “deeply progressive” professor that he might not be safe on campus following his opposition to a white-free “Day of Absence.” Evergreen State College evacuated due to 'direct threat' amid racial tensions. College, warzone […]
The last time we checked in with Lauren Southern, the Canadian political activist and alleged member of the alt-right was headlining a Patriots Day rally in Berkeley, Calif., thatwas supposed to celebrate free speech but instead featured pepper spray, some flash-bangs, fireworks, and possibly brass knuckles. That was April. Now, in June,protesters in several cities […]
Amidst protests against police brutality, Daniel José Older returns to a favorite novel and explores the misreading of rage. View this image › Justine Zwiebel / BuzzFeed Two weeks ago, marching through the streets with a thousand other people, our open hands raised to the nighttime skyscrapers, I thought of Oscar Wao. Across the country, […]
As Twitchy reported, the #CNNBlackmail hashtag began to trend nationally after it looked likeCNNs Andrew Kaczynski had tracked down the creator of that Trump vs. CNN clip and promised him conditional anonymity CNN reserved the right to go public with his name “should he repeat this ugly social behavior.” CNN source on the "reserve the […]
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finally unleashed her campaign’s “secret weapon” this year, but it apparently has been in storage for quite a while and needs an update; consider Bill Clinton’s recent comparison of the contentious GOP debates to “those rap tunes on MTV”and today’s reference to kids “getting hopped up on crack.” As far as […]
RIP VONDERRIT MYERS. WE SHALL AVENGE YOU. OCTOBER 8TH 2014. #shawshooting — Anonymous (@YourAnonGlobal) October 09, 2014 The hashtag #shawshooting was trending late tonight after south St. Louis residents took to the streets following a fatal, officer-involved shooting incident. News consumers should learn from the past and be wary of inflammatory claims made by overzealous […]