Tulsa race massacre survivor Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, made her first public appearance since the Oklahoma supreme court dismissed her historic lawsuit last month. Randle, along with fellow survivor Viola Fletcher, 110, had sought restitution for the survivors and descendants of the 1921 massacre, in which an estimated 300 Black Tulsans were killed, thousands were […]
Two local churches are different in some ways, but their leaders are of one mind when it comes to a controversial ideology that blends Christianity and nationalism. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. John Malget recently brought their congregations together for a joint worship service where they shared the pulpit to discuss what they […]
South Dakota’s Capitol in Pierre. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota political leaders are condemning a Nazi demonstration that happened Saturday on the Capitol grounds in Pierre. The state Department of Public Safety said in a news release that a group attempted an unscheduled protest on the Capitol grounds, without a permit. The Highway Patrol […]
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Wayne State University faculty and staff marched across campus to denounce the aggressive removal of students from a pro-Palestine encampment last week. “Hands off our students!” attendees chanted on Tuesday. “Free, free Palestine!” Faculty and staff were joined by students, alumni, and local officials – all condemning WSU President Kimberly Andrews […]
Derry suffered their third consecutive championship loss, as they were defeated by Armagh in Celtic Park on a scoreline of Armagh 3-17 Derry 0-15. The result leaves Mickey Harte’s side on the brink of elimination from this year’s championship. They will take on Westmeath in two weeks’ time. Elsewhere in group one, Galway came back […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), one of the candidates at the top of Donald Trump’s vice-presidential shortlist, refused to condemn the former president’s false allegations that the FBI was “locked & loaded ready” to take him out during the 2022 raid of his Mar-a-Lago property. In a fundraising email sent last week, Trump claimed the FBI […]
Royal fans and art critics have condemned a new portrait of Britain’s Princess of Wales which was meant to capture her courage and dignity. The painting by British-Zambian artist Hannah Uzor, which is to feature on the cover of Tatler magazine, took inspiration from Kate’s cancer diagnosis video message to the nation. But social media […]
Ahead of testimony on Capitol Hill on Thursday by Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway, hundreds of Jewish Rutgers students, faculty, administrators and staff signed onto a pair of letters condemning the school’s handling of antisemitism on campus. Rutgers’ administration agreed to many of the demands put forward by anti-Israel protesters on campus, but refused to […]
May 17—A second act of vandalism at the Pride Crosswalk in downtown Spokane prompted local leaders to voice their condemnation of hate in the city while trying to move quickly to explore possible solutions. “Words without actions mean nothing,” Councilman Paul Dillon said after a press conference Friday about the incident. Spokane police are investigating […]
By Bernard Orr, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon that was sowing chaos across the world. Xi greeted Putin […]
President Joe Biden is set to condemn acts of antisemitism in a keynote speech this morning for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual commemoration of the events surrounding the genocide of European Jews during World War II, a White House official said. During his address, which will take place at the U.S. Capitol, Biden will […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to honor 6 million Jews killed eight decades ago, his message will be as much about the present as the past. Biden will speak to the existential threats faced by Jewish people seven months […]