A Japanese high court has ruled that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions. The court does not have the power to overturn the current marriage law, which has been interpreted to restrict marriage as between a man and a […]
I used to explain the tenth example of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, “Comparing Israel to Nazis or Israeli policy to that of Nazis,” to non-experts in Jew-hatred in the following way, “That would be like accusing a rape victim of being a rapist.” Aside from the historical Soviet roots of […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Mack Allen, an 18-year-old high school senior from Kansas, braces for sideways glances, questioning looks and snide comments whenever he has to hand over his driver’s license, which still identifies him as female. They’ve come from a police officer responding to a car accident. They’ve come from an urgent care employee […]
Feb. 26—EAU CLAIRE — The Universities of Wisconsin regents, UW-Eau Claire chancellor and their Affirmative Action director have filed a response to a federal lawsuit brought against them in December by a university employee. The lawsuit claims Rochelle Hoffman, who was appointed as the interim director of Multicultural Student Services, was effectively forced to resign […]
At the White House press briefing Wednesday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre got into a back-and-forth about President Joe Biden’s joke Tuesday referring to Virginia’s former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe as the state’s “real governor”: Doocy: “Is election denying a joke now?” Jean-Pierre: “What do you mean? You have […]
An analysis of thousands of YouTube videos posted over the last five years finds a decline in videos that outright deny climate change but an uptick in those that impugn the credibility of scientists or question the practicality of shifting to renewable energy, “Scientists have won the battle to inform the public about climate change […]
The Miami federal courtroom was divided in half. On one side: About 50 people supporting a young couple killed in a boat crash. On the other side were another 50 people backing the man who caused their deaths. Toward the end of the emotionally charged hearing on Friday, Josbel Fernandez Echevarria stood up to say […]