Monday evening, the Young Americans for Liberty board of directors released a second statement following public backlash to YAL President Cliff Maloney and board chair Jeff Frazee’s initial response to several allegations of sexual misconduct that surfaced on social media over the weekend. Seen as defiant and dismissive, the first statement provoked outrage when it…
Over the weekend, several women came forward on social media, accusing Young Americans for Liberty of ignoring or mishandling claims of sexual harassment against YAL president Cliff Maloney and others in the leadership staff. Addyson Garner, who worked for the college campus liberty activist organization from late 2018 through mid-2019, first posted about her experience…
Jake Dima on November 11, 2020 Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who has pushed to reduce the funding of the city’s police force, called 911 on Nov. 1 after a Lyft driver cancelled her ride, local news outlet The Oregonian reported. Hardesty’s driver Richmond Frost ended the ride early and demanded the irate city official…
Mary Margaret Olohan on September 22, 2020 Former vice president Joe Biden said Monday that he has not released his list of Supreme Court Justices yet because potential nominees would be “subject to intense criticism for a long time.” The 2020 presidential candidate discussed President Donald Trump’s pending announcement of his Supreme Court justice nominee…
Jake Dima on August 28, 2020 Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested for allegedly shooting three people, killing two of them, during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to a criminal complaint. Rittenhouse appeared to be chased by a group of people, resulting in two separate shootings, video shows. Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, were…
Andrew Kerr on July 15, 2020 The Twitter accounts for former Vice President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama were compromised Wednesday afternoon by hackers pushing a bitcoin scheme amid a wide-scale attack on the social media platform. “I am giving back to the community,” a now-deleted tweet posted on the presumptive Democratic presidential…
Kaylee Greenlee on July 8, 2020 A man drove through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in New York City on Tuesday after they threatened to slash his tires, the New York Post reported. Protesters at a Black Lives Matter march built a bicycle blockade to stop traffic while the demonstration moved through the…
Benjamin Nichols on July 6, 2020 A Jimmy John’s restaurant in Georgia has fired multiple employees after a video was posted to online that appears to show the employees staging a mock lynching, the company announced Monday.C The video, posted by Atlanta CBS 46 Sunday, appears to show 4 employees laughing while one male employee…
Mary Rose Corkery on July 1, 2020 The Boston Arts Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to take down the city’s historic Emancipation Memorial after activists demanded the statue’s removal. The memorial depicts Abraham Lincoln standing with one arm raised over a freed slave crouched on his knees. Broken chains are depicted around the black man’s wrists…
Mary Margaret Olohan on June 5, 2020 The U.S. economy gained 2.5 million jobs in May, while the unemployment declined to 13.3%, according to Department of Labor data released Friday. Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 2.5 million in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report,and the number of unemployed persons fell by…