LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Several black leaders spoke out against an English rugby team using the slave song “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” as a chant, according to Monday reports. Cornell Brooks, the NAACP president, called the rugby team’s use of the song “a slap in the face to the history of slavery,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Candidates who will be vying for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee met on Monday to hold a forum over what exactly went wrong in 2016, and how they could move forward, according to Grabien News. The candidates, during their discussions, seemingly identified their favorite scapegoat for their…
By Luke Rosiak Taxpayers wrote a $900,000 settlement check to a federal employee to compensate her for once being likened to a “Little Rascals” character by her boss, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group (TheDCNF) has learned. The settlement appears to be the largest-ever such payment to an individual federal employee. The payment came after…
by Amber Randall Officials in St. Anthony, Minnesota may create a “racial bias” task force to investigate alleged racism among its police officers in the wake of the Philando Castile shooting. St. Anthony’s police force received negative attention nationwide after Hispanic police officer Jeronimo Yanez shot and killed Philando Castile, a black man, during a traffic stop. The shooting, though still…
Facts are important. No matter how we feel about a particular issue, it is important to weigh all available facts as objectively as possible. A black economist from Harvard decided to do just that; spending more than 3,000 hours combing through police reports and statistics with his team. However, the results surprised him. Professor Roland…