Seth Meyers Rips Into Donald Trump: ‘The Pervert on the Bus’
Source: The Daily Beast BY MATT WILSTEIN The ‘Late Night’ host kicked off his week in D.C. with—what else?—a takedown of Donald Trump’s terrible weekend. Seth Meyers could not be […]
What’s God Got to Do With It?
Source: The New York Times By Molly Worthen Chapel Hill, N.C. — The first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump featured plenty of magical thinking, but it was a […]
Sikh group calls for hate-crime charges in East Bay attack
Source: SF Gate By Jenna Lyons As a practicing Sikh, Khalsa said his hair is sacred, and when a group of men attacked him in Richmond and slashed his locks […]
Muslims respond to Trump’s comments with #MuslimsReportStuff
Source: USA Today By Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network During the presidential debate Sunday, Donald Trump encouraged Muslims to report suspicious behavior when they see it happening. Trump made the comments when asked […]
Mormons mount insurrection against Trump
Source: Politico By BURGESS EVERETT Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo isn’t the type to make intraparty waves — so his decision to un-endorse Donald Trump cemented the Mormon insurrection against […]
US presidential debate: Trump launches ferocious attack on Clintons
Source: BBC Donald Trump has responded to an outcry over his remarks about groping women by launching a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton and her husband. The Republican nominee denied […]
How Donald Trump Turned 2016 Into a Referendum on Gender
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter If 2016 was going to be a Battle of the Sexes, everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be the main combatant. She’s the first woman to win […]
President Obama Lifts Economic Sanctions on Burma
Source: Time (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is lifting U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Burma. The White House says Obama signed an executive order lifting the sanctions on Friday. He had announced plans to do so last month, when Burma’s new civilian leader, Aung San Suu […]
Hillary Clinton’s Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks
Source: BBC Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers […]
US election: Donald Trump says he will not quit over video
Source: BBC US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will not withdraw from the race in phone interviews with US media. Mr Trump has been under pressure after a tape of him making lewd sexual comments and bragging about groping and kissing women emerged on Friday. He told the […]
FBI: Minnesota mall attacker newly interested in Islam
Source: Associated Press By AMY FORLITI ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The man who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several […]
No self respecting woman can vote for Trump, after he brags in 2005 video, he has license to grope women
Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005 Source: Washington Post By David A. Fahrenthold October 8 at 12:44 AM Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, […]
St. Louis-area Muslims post ‘HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK’ billboard
Source: St.Louis Post By Kristen Taketa St. Louis Muslims are assuring people, in case they’re still unclear: Muslims are against ISIS as much as anybody else. A new billboard on […]
Mike Pence Disavows Donald Trump’s Earlier Proposal Barring Muslims
Source: The New York Times By ALAN RAPPEPORT The Trump campaign appeared to disavow one of its most provocative policy proposals on Thursday, as Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana said […]
New York Archdiocese Offers Compensation Program for Sexual Abuse Victims
Source: The New York Times By SHARON OTTERMAN and SAMANTHA SCHMIDT The Archdiocese of New York has established an independent programthat will allow victims of sexual abuse by members of […]
Why Trump will not attack Hillary over Bill’s affairs
Source: BBC Filmed and edited by David Botti. Researcher Soraya Auer Donald Trump has said he will not bring up stories about Bill Clinton’s infidelities in this Sunday’s US presidential […]
U.S. admits record number of Muslim refugees in 2016
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR A total of 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in fiscal year 2016, making up almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that period, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department’s […]
Americans are divided over which public bathrooms transgender people should use
Source: Pew Research Center BY Michael Lipka A senior editor focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. As the visibility of transgender Americans has increased in recent years, it has been […]
McDonald’s Sexual Harassment Complaints Show How Widespread the Problem Is
Source: Time By Linda A. Seabrook | Debra L. Ness According to a new survey of women in fast-food jobs, 2/5 said they had been harassed When Gretchen Carlson and […]
Minnesota Mall Stabbing Suspect May Have Become Radicalized Recently, FBI Says
Source: Time By Amy Forliti / AP (ST. CLOUD, Minn.) — The man who stabbed 10 people at Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged female relatives to be more religious, the FBI said Thursday. “We were told (he) had […]