Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died, his family said. He was 67.”We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” his family wrote in a statement shared to his Twitter account. Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET Tuesday from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, said Glenn…Continue Reading
Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios. By the numbers: The news giant was initially planning to invest around $1 billion in the service over the next four years. Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to be cut from…Continue Reading
Douglas R. Clifford / Tampa Bay Times via AP “Grooming” has become the most recent scare tactic of choice for the right. Fox News host Laura Ingraham included a segment on her show last month where she claimed public schools have become “grooming centers” where “sexual brainwashing” takes place. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene recently tweeted…Continue Reading
Not paying taxes for unjust wars has a long history in this country. April 13, 2022 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Every April, as income-tax returns come due, I think about the day 30 years…Continue Reading
With minimal representation in my hometown and in the media, I hid my queerness and internalized toxic misconceptions about gender and sexuality. April 13, 2022 Coming of age in a rural, conservative-leaning town of 500 is in itself no easy feat. Growing up queer in such an environment is much harder. Supporting queer youth, regardless…Continue Reading
The Russian invasion of Ukraine “is in many ways bigger than Russia, it’s bigger than Ukraine,” State Department spokesman Ned Price recently declared. “There are principles that are at stake here.… Each and every country has a sovereign right to determine its own foreign policy, has a sovereign right to determine for itself with whom…Continue Reading
A national charity that describes itself as Canada’s largest grassroots Muslim organization is launching a Charter of Rights challenge against the Canada Revenue Agency, claiming that a years-long audit of the charity has been tainted by bias and Islamophobia.The Canada Revenue Agency’s Ottawa headquarters in August 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)A national charity that describes…Continue Reading
A woman who was accused of defamation for using social media to publicly identify people accused of sexual violence wants the Saskatchewan government to pass legislation that could protect people speaking out on matters of public interest.Lawyer Sean Sinclair said the legislation doesn’t prevent people from being able to access the court system on valid…Continue Reading
Police hunted late into the night for the gunman who opened fire Tuesday on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people wounded by gunfire and once again interrupted New York City’s long journey to post-pandemic normalcy.A police officer patrols in Times Square station in Manhattan, after a shooting at a subway…Continue Reading
From racial slurs in the hallway to teachers ignorant of their cultural backgrounds, four students opened up about their personal experiences during a panel discussion with CBC News in Brampton, Ont. that focused on anti-Black racism within the Peel District School Board.Peel District School Board students open up about the racism they face in the…Continue Reading
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