by Lina Bryce Maternity leave has been the subject of debates before; namely, should companies be forced to provide it? Well, now the issue is coming up again, only this time, thanks to a popular author, the question has become whether or not it’s unfair to afford mothers maternity leave without offering the same paid…
By Casey Harper San Francisco’s police chief has ordered that every single officer to undergo training after yet another slew of racist text messages have been released. San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr announced Friday that the city’s entire police force must attend anti-harassment training, the Associated Press reports. The department also released copies of damning text…
By Blake Neff A Rhodes Scholar and leader in a black activist group at Oxford University posted a Facebook status in which he boasts of stiffing a white waitress on a tip as revenge for colonialism. Ntokozo Qwabe hails from South Africa, and is studying at Oxford as the beneficiary of a full-ride scholarship created…
Blake Neff Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the commencement address at the University of Michigan Saturday morning, winning many cheers, and some boos, when he denounced the creation of “safe spaces” on university campuses. “The most important knowledge that you will leave here today with, like the importance of teamwork, has nothing to do with…
by Lina Bryce Due to be released this summer, The Founder tells the story of Ray Kroc and his acquisition of the McDonald’s fast food chain. The film delves into the contentious relationship between Kroc and the McDonald brothers who started the first restaurant and innovated the fast food service model. Kroc had a vision, the only thing…
Blake Neff The University of Washington (UW) was forced to hastily retract an infographic advising women on how to try out for the cheerleader squad after students denounced it for promoting a “Western” idea of beauty. The infographic, posted Monday to Facebook, features a Washington Huskies cheerleader along with a list of “do’s” and “dont’s” [sic]…
The recent appearance of Milo Yiannopoulus, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Steven Crowder at the University of Massachusetts led to a spectacle of Social Justice outrage and nincompoopery. by Joey Clark Milo Yiannopoulus, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Steven Crowder recently descended on the University of Massachusetts armed to the teeth with vicious rhetoric and even, dare…
“Outsider” Chair Candidate Speaks About New Tech for the LP, Candidates, and the Importance of Local Politics By Avens O’Brien In my speech to the Libertarian Party of Minnesota in mid-April, I asserted that I had come back to the Libertarian Party after spending a few years avoiding the Party in favor of other liberty…
JP Carroll A topless woman angrily approached the Mexican president Wednesday while he was in Denmark for an official visit. According to Danish and Mexican media, a Swedish woman took off her shirt in front of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife as they were visiting a castle in Denmark. The protester belonged…
Blake Neff The U.S. military is considering a version of the NFL’s “Rooney Rule” in order to achieve more diversity among its high-level officers, USA Today reports. The NFL’s “Rooney Rule” (named for Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney) requires all teams to interview at least one minority candidate for senior positions such as head coach…