by Jim Heath | Jun 23, 2019 | Headlines
The popular knitting website Ravelry has banned users from sharing posts expressing support for President Trump, saying support for the administration is “undeniably support for white supremacy.” “We are banning support of Donald Trump and his...
by Jim Heath | Apr 17, 2019 | Headlines
A Texas man was arrested yesterday after a racist tirade against an employee in an AT&T store in Friendswood, calling the employee a “f—ing Arab” and boasting that he had been “killing his kind” for “almost 20 years.” In a...
by Jim Heath | Apr 13, 2019 | Headlines
The Trump administration will not nominate anyone to serve on a United Nations committee on racism, the latest sign of a U.S. retreat from international bodies and traditional human rights priorities. A State Department official said the White House intervened to...
by Jim Heath | Feb 7, 2019 | Headlines
A police sergeant in Virginia who was assigned to monitor the protests related to Gov. Ralph Northam has been suspended after being identified by an anti-fascist group as having an “affinity with white nationalist groups.” The sergeant, Robert Stamm, 36, “has been...
by Jim Heath | Jan 22, 2019 | Headlines
The Omaha activist at the center of a viral controversy involving footage appearing to show him being harassed and confronted by a group of Catholic high school students last weekend is now offering to meet with them. Nathan Phillips is offering to travel as a...
