Blake Neff The chief diversity officer at the University of Missouri (MU) has authored a letter sharply reprimanding the school’s black activist movement, urging it to stop relying on threats and impossible demands. “If you sincerely want better relationships, the time for demands, threats and arbitrary deadlines is over — you don’t need them,” said Chuck…
Blake Neff The chancellor of Oxford University in the U.K. said Thursday that students unhappy about a Cecil Rhodes statue on campus should consider moving to a different school, or even to China. A student movement at Oxford called Rhodes Must Fall has been campaigning for a statue and plaque honoring Cecil Rhodes to be…
Casey Harper As protesters call for his resignation, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce major changes to local law enforcement policies Wednesday in an effort to tamp down police violence. One of the new policies states all officers who go out on service calls will have a Taser and be trained on how to use them, CNN reports. The…
Blake Neff In an ironic development, to say the least, protesters at the University of Missouri (MU) segregated themselves by race Wednesday night, having white students leave a gathering in order to create a “black-only healing space.” Supporters of the group Concerned Students 1950, which has spearheaded the protest movement at MU, assembled at the…
Protest group crashes Sochi games, puts spotlight on Russian Rights Keith Farrell The protest rock group Pussy Riot recorded their first song since two of the members were freed from Russian prison. Members of the group filmed a video on them trying to perform their song in Sochi while being whipped by Cossack guards. The…