LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Marvel decided to cancel a Black Lives Matter inspired comic series because of its poor sales. Ta-Nehisi Coates, a Black Panther & The Crew series writer, announced Friday that the series would be coming to an end after six issues because it wasn’t selling well, reports Heat Street….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock DePaul University prohibited a student organization from using posters saying “Gay Lives Matter” to advertise a Wednesday campus event, according to a school email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. School administrator Amy Mynaugh informed DePaul’s Turning Point USA chapter that the posters could not be…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A historically black college plans to award Trayvon Martin a posthumous degree, the school announced Wednesday. Florida Memorial University will present a bachelor’s of aeronautical science May 13 to Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. Trayvon Martin died in 2012 after neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot him during an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Florida artist sat down to an hours long meeting with Black Lives Matter Monday after people labeled his artwork racist. Jerry Sparkman, a Sarasota architect, came under fire for an artwork display of the Newton neighborhood along Martin Luther King Boulevard, reports WFLA. The display, called…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock More than 250 protesters shut down a speech by a pro-police author and scholar by chanting “Black Lives Matter,” “fuck the police,” and “fuck white supremacy” Thursday. The protesters forced Manhattan Institute scholar and “The War on Cops” author Heather Mac Donald to end a speech at Claremont…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Stanford University accepted a Muslim teenager who responded to a college essay question by simply writing “#BlackLivesMatter” over and over. The essay prompt asked potential applicants “What matters to you, and why?” reports The Washington Times. One student, a New Jersey high school senior named Ziad Ahmed, answered the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Black Lives Matter Philly banned white people from an upcoming event, claiming it is a “black only space.” The April 15 meeting plans to discuss projects and initiatives for the upcoming year and a place for people to “meet, strategize and organize.” While children are invited to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Publius Libertarians don’t usually agree on much. It’s in our nature. If there are two Libertarians that are alone in a room, there will be three opinions on any single subject. Most of us, however, will agree that some form of police is necessary. The clear majority of us will…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Kitty Testa A recent video featuring Black Lives Matter activist, Janaya Khan, advances a revolutionary notion: abolish the police. While most people’s immediate reaction to such a statement is to dismiss it as ludicrous on its face, it provides an interesting challenge to a generally accepted viewpoint. Ask your…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Elias Atienza The police shooting of Julian Betton, a resident of Myrtle Beach, Florida, occurred last year when he allegedly tried selling $100 worth of pot to his friend who happened to be a police informer. In the incident police shot 57 bullets, 9 of which hit Benton. Radley Balko…