“Both sides furious” was one reporter’s summary when special counsel Robert Hur testified in a House hearing to explain his decision not to prosecute President Read More
The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times quoted film critics complaining that the Netflix adaptation of the Chinese science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem used "people of different skin colors."
New videos show former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake promoting a new Arizona watchdog website. She also talks about her respect of the media and holding politicians accountable in the state. But something about the videos is off..
The horrific sexist and racist comments about MP Diane Abbott from a major Tory donor should show everyone that politics is not a safe or welcoming place for Black women. Everyone rushed to discuss what implications this might have for women’s safety. Everyone, that is, except for Diane Abbott herself, who was not given permission to speak during PMQs, and was forced to stand and listen while others discussed her abuse. And Westminster isn’t the only place where women are made to feel unwelcome...
Houston Matters discusses a number of political developments with ties to court proceedings -- along with other stories -- in our weekly roundup.
As a political scientist, I've long believed political competition to be the keystone of representative democracy. Yet in the 2024 election cycle, I'm consciously limiting my time, attention and contributions to politics. I’ve turned off the news and social media app notifications on my phone. I plan to visit two or three trustworthy news websites only once a day. And I’ve unsubscribed to candidate fundraising emails. Why? Because while political competition theoretically drives efficient and...
The promise of wealth, or in this case, ad dollars, has the marketplace heating up with scads of retailers, from first-movers like Amazon to newcomers like Wawa convenience store and the unsuspected like Cars.com automotive company.
Despite skepticism against the utility of fact-checking units to counter misinformation in politics, panelists at the CSDR conference spoke in their favour, saying government can't fact-check themselves.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, said the rapidly changing local and international media landscape calls for a swift overhaul of organisational structures,
Zomato has renamed its ‘pure veg’ mode to ‘veg only’ and dropped the plan to have a separate colour-coded fleet for exclusively delivering vegetarian food, following an online backlash citing concerns around community and caste-based discrimination.Several users took to social media to criticise Zomato's decision to use the term ‘pure veg’ and have delivery personnel dress up in green instead of the regular red uniforms to ferry vegetarian food.On Wednesday, Zomato rolled back green uniforms...
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Throughout his new book, Freddie deBoer resists the logical implications of his own argument. Can the "class-first" left actually put class first?