The city of Evanston, Illinois faces legal action for doling out reparation payments in what is being called an “unconstitutional” program. The Illinois city made history in 2019 by becoming the first in the nation to create a government-funded reparations program for current and former Black residents. In 2021, the Evanston City Council voted 8-1 to approve a reparations plan …
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As Nashville continues to be a popular destination for tourists and wealthy newcomers, locals from a variety of backgrounds say that skyrocketing housing prices have left them on the streets. “Nashville only cares about tourists, country music and cowboy hats. It’s a dog and pony show. Forget those fancy apartments that are going up, I don’t stand a chance of …
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A Boy Scouts camp is facing a community of upset Virginians for flooding a scenic river with sediment, coloring it a cloudy brown and driving away anglers, kayakers and swimmers, two locals described to Fox News Digital. Every fall, the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts drains Lake Merriweather, causing sediment to flow into the Maury River in …
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An Illinois high school says it has launched an investigation after a “deeply offensive” quote about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack was printed in its yearbook. An entry in Glenbrook South High School’s 2024 yearbook has sparked outrage in the community of the northern Chicago suburb of Glenview for quoting a 10th-grade student’s “happy” reaction to last fall’s terrorist …
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A group of nurses in the United Kingdom filed a lawsuit against a National Health Service hospital system, accusing it of siding with a transgender employee who allegedly harassed female employees in the women’s changing area. “[My manager] was basically told that we needed to be more inclusive, broaden our mindset,” one of the nurses who works for the hospital …
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“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling revealed in a new essay why she decided to speak out for women’s rights despite facing pressure to stay silent on the controversial issue of gender identity. “By the standards of my world, I was a heretic,” Rowling said about the moment she began to believe that the transgender movement was “dangerous” and “profoundly misogynistic.” …
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The National Park Service (NPS) reversed its ban prohibiting park rangers from attending Pride events in uniform. Earlier this month, the NPS issued a directive that prohibited park rangers from openly participating in Pride month events this June, but Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reversed the decision late Friday following pressure from the LGBTQ community, E&E News by Politico …
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The city of San Francisco confirmed it had removed the “Appeal to Heaven” flag from outside City Hall over the weekend, just days after it was reported to have been flown outside a conservative Supreme Court justice’s house. On May 22, the New York Times reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew the Pine Tree flag at his New Jersey …
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Liberal singer John Legend blamed “disinformation” and ideas about “masculinity” for driving Black and Latino voters to support former President Trump this election. “I do think Trump performs a form of masculinity that is appealing to some men,” Legend reacted to a question about polls showing Trump’s increased support from younger Black voters, in an interview with “Pod Save America” …
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Harvard may be taking a step back from issuing political statements based on new policy recommendations from a university working group in the wake of controversy over its response to the Israel-Hamas war. On Tuesday, Interim Harvard President Alan Garber confirmed the school will follow a report from an “Institutional Voice” faculty task force that advised not to “issue official …
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