by Jim Heath | May 6, 2020 | Headlines
The family of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by two white men in Georgia have described his death as a ‘lynching’. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed February 23 after he became embroiled in an altercation with Gregory and Trevor McMichael while out...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bloomberg, Headlines, Trump
President Trump called Mike Bloomberg a ‘TOTAL RACIST’ after the emergence of audio of the former New York mayor adamantly defending the use of stop-and-frisk policing in minority communities. The issue is a fraught one for Bloomberg, who has since...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2019 | Headlines, Military
Embedded among the chat logs from a now-defunct neo-Nazi and white supremacist message board are anti-Semitic and racist remarks directed at multiple ethnic groups—written by an active-duty U.S. Marine Corps infantryman. At least three members of the U.S. military...
by Jim Heath | Sep 12, 2019 | Headlines, Social Media
PewDiePie, the famous video-game blogger, has rescinded a pledge to donate $50,000 to a Jewish anti-hate group after a revolt by his fans, engulfing what was supposed to be a public-relations effort into controversy. The Swedish YouTube celebrity posted a video today...
by Jim Heath | Sep 4, 2019 | Big Brother, Entertainment, Headlines, Reality TV
From the premiere of Big Brother in June, ratings were down as more questions about casting and Julie Chen’s future at CBS were raised. The 21st edition of Big Brother opened with a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 4.89 million viewers on CBS. That’s down...
