Month: April 2019

Google Street View(BETHESDA, Md.) — Two students at Walt Whitman High School in Maryland posted photos of themselves on social media in blackface and used the “n-word” in describing the picture over the weekend, according [Read More…]

RollingEarth/iStock(LONDON) — The University of Cambridge announced Tuesday that it will begin a two-year investigative study into the school’s “dark phase of human history” of slavery. The study will look into how Britain’s colonial era [Read More…]

adam smigielski/iStock(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela on Tuesday was rocked by violent clashes between opposition protesters and security forces still loyal to Nicolas Maduro, the country’s socialist president, in a dramatic escalation of the political crisis [Read More…]

mtcurado/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Jewish community in the United States experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism last year, with attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions doubling in number, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League. [Read More…]

Chris Jackson – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — As she and Prince Harry await the birth of baby Sussex, Meghan is getting support from some high-profile friends and family. Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, visited Meghan at Frogmore Cottage, [Read More…]

adam smigielski/iStock(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela’s opposition leaders on Tuesday announced a new effort with some military backing to oust Nicolas Maduro, the socialist president of the country who has been battling a swell of protests [Read More…]

RollingEarth/iStock(LONDON) — The University of Cambridge announced Tuesday that it will begin a two-year investigative study into the school’s “dark phase of human history” of slavery. The study will look into how Britain’s colonial era [Read More…]

RollingEarth/iStock(LONDON) — The University of Cambridge announced Tuesday that it will begin a two-year investigative study into the school’s “dark phase of human history” of slavery. The study will look into how Britain’s colonial era [Read More…]

MoreISO/iStock(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump, along with his family and the Trump Organization, have filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Deutsche bank and Capitol One to prevent them from turning [Read More…]

KLH49/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Virginia-based IT recruiting firm was under fire on Monday over a job posting that was seeking “preferably Caucasian” applicants. Cynet Systems made the controversial request in an online advertisement for a [Read More…]

amphotora/iStock(DALLAS) — “I thought it was my apartment.” Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger repeated those words over a dozen times to a 911 dispatcher after she shot 26-year-old Botham Jean inside his own apartment [Read More…]

pawel.gaul/iStock(HONG KONG) — Thousands took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest against the government’s proposal to change an extradition law, which would allow individuals to be sent to mainland China for trial. The [Read More…]

ADG PI Indian Army/Twitter(LONDON) — The Indian army claimed via Twitter to have seen footprints belonging to the “Yeti,” the “elusive snowman” of Nepalese folklore, sparking ridicule on social media. “For the first time, an [Read More…]