Trump Promotes Activist Who Called for “Final Solution” for Muslims
Olivier Douliery/CNP via ZUMA Wire On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump offered yet another defense of the racist chants that broke out at his recent rally in North Carolina, by promoting a video of the event from the British political commentator Katie Hopkins: As you can see, I did nothing to lead people on, nor…
Whatever Else You Do With Your Life, You Should Tip the Delivery Guy in Cash
Getty Images Man, it’s a hot one. Like seven inches from the midday sun. It’s July, it’s a weekend, you’re feeling hungry but lazy, you don’t really want to eat what you have in the fridge, you definitely don’t want to go outside (on account of the heat), so you decide to order something for…
“Love It or Leave It” Has a Racist History. A Lot of America’s Language Does.
Dominick Sarazen / AP In 1970, country singer Ernest Tubb was pissed off. “Well, I’m getting mighty tired of seeing hippies run wild and burning down the schools and stepping on the flag,” he sorta-sings, mostly-rants. Tubb’s song crescendoes with the chorus: “It’s America—love it or leave it.” By then, Tubb’s song was an echo of a long-time…
This Map Shows How Unbearably Hot It Will Be in Your Town When You’re Old
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress/Corbis/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Residents of Harris County, Texas are no stranger to heat. The swampy Houston metro area averages nearly 40 days per year with temperatures in the 100 degrees F or higher range. But, according to a pair of papers…
Racial Resentment Is Down Since 2016
Recent polling on race relations is pretty grim reading. Ever since Ferguson, both blacks and whites have agreed that race relations in America are getting worse. No matter how you ask the question, you get the same result. But this tells us nothing about actual racial attitudes, which are notoriously tricky to measure. However, there’s…
Native Hawaiians Protesting Construction on a Sacred Mountain Prepare “For the Long Haul”
Demonstrators gather to block a road at the base of Hawai’i’s tallest mountain, Mauna Kea. They fly the Hawaiian flag upside down as a protest symbol. Caleb Jones/AP Photo Hundreds of Native Hawaiians and their supporters gathered last week at the base of Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in the state, to block construction of a…