The president and first lady announce they won't attend the Kennedy Center Honors in December, one day after the entire Arts and Humanities Committee resigned—in a letter that spelled "RESIST" with the first letter of each paragraph. Bannon's departure marks the eighth top
The various Jefferson Davis Highways around the US were part of a larger scheme hatched in the 1910s to skew history with the "Lost Cause" falsehood, explains Erin Blakemore in a Twitter thread that's definitely worth your attention. Most Confederate monuments were erected in the first
After multiple domain registrars banned The Daily Stormer, the white supremacist website moved to the Russian internet—where it's now been banned as well. Cloudflare CEO explains why he kicked The Daily Stormer off its services: "The people behind the Daily Stormer are assholes and I’d
During his impromptu defense of white supremacists yesterday, Trump rhetorically questioned whether statues of slaveholders Washington and Jefferson are next for removal—which was probably inspired by an interview on Fox host Martha MacCallum's show the previous night. A group of congressional Democrats have asked a Yale School
Last night, protesters tore down a Confederate statue in Durham, NC (video here). "The president is being advised by people who don't know what's going on." Emboldened by Charlottesville, white supremacists plan more marches. A reminder: Why it's the duty of every
Ahead of today's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., torch-carrying marchers clashed with counter-protesters last night on the UVA campus. Trump's pugilism feeds North Korea's ongoing narrative that, as the victim of American bullying, it needs a nuclear program. “If Trump or
Google cancelled an all-hands meant to address the controversial diversity memo, after employees voiced concerns they might be harassed online for asking questions during the meeting. Long before CRISPR gives your descendants superhuman abilities, it could be used to edit pigs' DNA to grow human-ready replacement organs.
Pyongyang says its attack plan, still awaiting Kim Jong-un’s approval, involves four missiles that will fly over Japan and land 17 miles from Guam. (1/15) US officials say key to a pre-emptive attack is bombing North Korea’s missile-launch sites, which the military has been
Their accomplishments may be seldom recognized, and throughout history, they have had to fight for their achievements in the first place. Even today, their prominence in tech is not what it should be. Yet there are many women in technology who have changed the world. We think these women deserve
The draft of the latest National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report, is currently under review by the White House. The New York Times has obtained a copy of the report, which forecasts average US temperatures will increase by 5.0 to 7.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the
