Judge from Stanford Case Removed from New Sexual Assault Case, Thankfully
By the request of the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office, Aaron Persky, the judge who ruled on the Stanford rape case, has been removed from a new sexual assault case. The Office filed the request...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Wrote A Sendoff Post for The Toast
Hillary Clinton, yeah, the presidential nominee, former Secretary of State and First Lady and all that, wrote a post this morning for the soon-to-be-defunct women’s site The Toast. “I wanted to take a...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter, Alton Sterling Matters: Today’s Recommended Reading
Many across America are grieving at the news of Alton Sterling’s murder by a police officer — and at the repetition of news like it — captured on video and gone viral this morning. It seems...
View ArticleBeyoncé, Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and More List “23 Ways to Be Killed...
Beyoncé, Chris Rock, Chance the Rapper, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Queen Latifah, Janelle Monáe, Bono, Taraji P. Henson — these are all names that are newsworthy even when they’re saying nothing, and...
View ArticleTrevor Noah on the Terence Crutcher Shooting and America’s Scary Normalizing...
The number of times late night hosts have had to sit in front of audiences now and discuss the killings of black men by the police is nauseatingly frequent. And so last night, Trevor Noah spoke in a...
View ArticleFormer Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dead at 90
The New York Times reports that divisive Cuban leader Fidel Castro has died at 90. From law student and revolutionary, to communist leader who brought the world to the brink of a nuclear war, Castro’s...
View ArticlePolice Called on Mykki Blanco Because Airplane Passenger Felt “Uncomfortable”
On Friday, performer Mykki Blanco fell asleep on a flight from Toronto to Detroit and woke up the subject of a police investigation. Blanco called the incident “the most bizarre form of homophobia...
View ArticleSir Roger Moore, the Longest Running James Bond, Dies at 89
James Bond fans everywhere, raise an eyebrow in tribute: Sir Roger Moore has died. According to a statement released by his children earlier today on Twitter, the actor died after a “short but brave...
View ArticleThe Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Case Has Ended in a Mistrial
The Bill Cosby sexual assault trial has ended in a mistrial. The jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in the case against the disgraced 79-year-old comedian, who is accused of drugging and...
View ArticleFyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Charged with Fraud
New York entrepreneur Billy McFarland — founder of the disastrous Fyre Festival, which was billed as a luxury music event in the Bahamas earlier this year and endorsed by celebrities that included...
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