A Federal Appeals Court Just Dealt a Blow to School Segregation
Beautiful African American elementary schoolgirl rides to school on a school bus. She is smiling at the camera.asiseeit/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal appeals court panel blocked an attempt by officials in Gardendale, Alabama, to form its own school district, reaffirming Tuesday a previous ruling that the city’s…
The Guy Behind the Bogus Immigration Report Has A Long History of Terrible And Misleading Research
John Lott speaks to the crowd during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford in 2013.Jared Ramsdell/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Controversial economist John R. Lott Jr. has made questionable claims about gun rights, police shootings, and abortion. But his new pet issue seems to be…
Jeff Sessions Won’t Crack Down on Bad Policing, So California and Illinois Are Stepping Up
An officer with the San Francisco Police Department.Jeff Chiu Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice has rolled back federal oversight of local police departments under the leadership of Jeff Sessions, so state officials in California are stepping in to do the work the feds have abandoned. On…
The Cleveland Indians Decided the Chief Wahoo Logo Is Too Racist to Wear But Fine to Keep Selling
Patrick Semansky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After 70 years of using a racist Native American caricature as its primary logo, baseball’s Cleveland Indians finally have agreed to stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on uniforms and banners throughout Progressive Field, starting in 2019. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred noted in…
NRA Pundit Known for Violent Rhetoric Gets High Praise From Mike Pence
Screen shot, “The Violence of Lies” Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a profile published this weekend in the Style section of the New York Times, National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch was dubbed a “telegenic warrior.” Earlier this month, Loesch was joined on her nationally syndicated radio show by Vice President Mike…
Does Donald Trump Want to Be Dictator of the United States?
The Republican National Convention in July 2016Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It began the day he was sworn in, with his vow to end “American carnage”—a direct echo of his autocratic pronouncement when accepting the Republican nomination that “I alone can fix it.” Donald Trump has chipped away at…