Athletes will not be allowed to wear clothing with the slogan “Black Lives Matter” at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee has decided, reiterating that it plans to enforce the Games’ “Rule 50,” which bans political or social justice protests of any kind at the international athletic event set to take place in […]

More than 200 Seattle police officers walked off the job last year, according to the Seattle Police Department, following weeks of protests and heightened “anti-police rhetoric.” Like the Louisville, Kentucky, police department, which revealed, earlier this week, that it is in a “staffing crisis” following the departure of nearly 200 of its own officers, Seattle’s […]

In a meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala Harris, who was put in charge of handling the Biden administration’s immigration crisis last month, pledged $310 million in aid to the “Golden Triangle” of Central American countries in order to address the “root causes” of illegal immigration over United States’ southern border. The […]

George Floyd Square, the area of Minneapolis where George Floyd died last May while in the custody of Minneapolis police, has become a “cop-free” “autonomous zone,” now also has special rules for white people who turn up to honor Floyd by visiting his makeshift memorial. A sign near the entrance to the “autonomous zone” calls […]

A clearer picture is emerging, Wednesday, of the man who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, with authorities now saying the man was “known” to federal agents, and with acquaintances and family members telling law enforcement that he suffered from bouts of mental illness that […]

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that the United States is on pace to experience the highest number of illegal border crossings in 20 years. He also admitted that the situation is “difficult” but again stopped short of calling it a “crisis” and insisted that the situation is under control. Appearing on […]

The NBA has reportedly opened an investigation into whether an Asian-American player in its developmental league, Jeremy Lin, was the subject of anti-Asian racism, The New York Times says, after Lin posted on Facebook that another player called him “coronavirus” during a game. Lin, who is Taiwanese-American, is a player in the NBA’s “G-League,” or […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom was forced to explain himself after he appeared, again, to flout his own pandemic-driven restrictions on indoor dining when he posted a TikTok from inside a shuttered restaurant. The governor appeared alongside comedian George Lopez inside the Los Amigos Mexican restaurant in Fresno, California, which is still under “purple-level” restrictions, according […]

President Joe Biden privately admitted to Democrat mayors and governors last week that a planned hike in the federal minimum wage is “dead” and that it will not be included in the forthcoming COVID-19 relief bill, Politico reports. Democrats had demanded that a gradual hike, ending at a $15 minimum wage across the country in […]

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot appears to have reached the end of her patience with the Chicago Teachers Union, which pushed negotiations on whether Chicago teachers would return to in-person instruction into another day, effectively delaying the start of classes until next week. In a fiery speech Thursday morning, broadcast live on most local news networks, […]