Michelle Obama's 'Turnip for What' is just the latest great political Vine | Social media
Posted on June 14, 2024
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Social media This article is more than 9 years oldMichelle Obama's 'Turnip for What' is just the latest great political VineThis article is more than 9 years oldThe First Lady’s healthy eating message has gone viral – but which other political figures are embracing the video app?
Members of Congress on social media: they just really want us to ‘like’ them
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[Read More]The US suffragette movement tried to leave out Black women. They showed up anyway
Posted on June 14, 2024
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The fight to voteUS voting rightsRacism and sexism were bound together in the fight to vote – and Black women made it clear they would never cede the question of their voting rights to others
Published in collaboration with PBS for the documentary The American Experience: The Vote which explores the arduous battle that finally led to the passage of the 19th amendment.
In late winter 1913, suffragette Alice Paul and her committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) were at work planning a women’s parade that aimed to upstage Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration with a many-thousand-strong phalanx of women protesting for the right to vote.
[Read More]Bloomingdales apologizes for apparent date rape joke in holiday catalog ad | Advertising
Posted on June 13, 2024
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Advertising This article is more than 8 years oldBloomingdale’s apologizes for apparent date rape joke in holiday catalog adThis article is more than 8 years oldAn advertisement which read ‘Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking’ sparked outrage online, prompting the department store chain’s apology
Bloomingdale’s has apologized for an advertisement in its recent holiday catalog that appears to make light of date rape.
“Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking,” reads the ad copy, which surfaced on Imgur this week.
[Read More]Corrie comes out of the closet | LGBTQ+ rights
Posted on June 13, 2024
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LGBTQ+ rightsCorrie comes out of the closetIt has taken 42 years, but now Britain's campest soap has its first gay characters. Paul Flynn reportsCoronation Street has never been the straightest of soaps. A succession of tragi-comic heroines with snagged tights and razzy shampoo-and-sets have spiked their stilettoes into the Street, lending it a back-alley, camp appeal. Some of its elder statesmen - Fred "I say" Elliott and Norris, the Kabin's busybody - appear to have stumbled on their heterosexuality by accident.
[Read More]Former Nazi doctor in dock for child killings | World news
Posted on June 13, 2024
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World newsFormer Nazi doctor in dock for child killingsAustrian accused of keeping victims' brains for medical experimentsA leading Austrian doctor has been charged with murder after an investigation by the Austrian parliament into allegations that he was involved in killing hundreds of children at a hospital in Vienna during the second world war as part of a Nazi euthanasia programme.
Heinrich Gross, 84, is due to stand trial later this year on nine counts of murder, believed to have been carried out during his brief tenure as head of Am Spiegelgrund Children's Clinic at Steinhof in 1944.
[Read More]Furries convention interrupted by chlorine gas that sickens 19 people | US news
Posted on June 13, 2024
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US news This article is more than 9 years oldFurries convention interrupted by chlorine gas that sickens 19 peopleThis article is more than 9 years oldAnnual ‘Anthrocon’, where many attendees dress in costume to celebrate anthropomorphic animals, is evacuated as police suspect foul play
Chlorine gas sickened several people and forced the evacuation of thousands of guests from a suburban Chicago hotel early Sunday, including many dressed in cartoonish animal costumes for an annual furries convention who were ushered across the street to a convention center that was hosting a dog show.
[Read More]Musician Jackie DeShannon on her incredible career: It was really difficult being a woman | Mu
Posted on June 13, 2024
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MusicInterviewMusician Jackie DeShannon on her incredible career: ‘It was really difficult being a woman’Jim FarberThe 82-year-old singer-songwriter, known for hits like What the World Needs Now Is Love, reflects on a storied career filled with highs and lows
Say the name Jackie DeShannon and two things spring to most listeners’ minds. “A lot of people think I popped out of nowhere singing What the World Needs Now is Love and Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” DeShannon said of her two biggest hits.
[Read More]Why Damar Hamlins collapse marks a seismic shift for the NFL and its fans
Posted on June 13, 2024
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NFLPro football typically stops for nothing, with teams playing on despite grievous injuries. On Monday, things were different
In September 2008, the Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard smashed helmet-first into the knee of Tom Brady as the New England Patriots quarterback heaved a long pass down the field. The collision, which did not draw a penalty, reduced Brady to a writhing heap and sidelined him for the rest of the season with a torn ACL.
[Read More]3 Doors Down founding member Matt Roberts found dead aged 38 | Pop and rock
Posted on June 12, 2024
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Pop and rock This article is more than 7 years old3 Doors Down founding member Matt Roberts found dead aged 38This article is more than 7 years oldGuitarist discovered unconscious in Wisconsin hotel hallway
Roberts left band in 2012 for health reasonsGuitarist Matt Roberts, a founding member of the rock band 3 Doors Down, has died in Wisconsin.
The 38-year-old was in West Bend to perform at a benefit. The West Bend police department said someone called authorities around 7am on Saturday to report an unconscious man in a hotel hallway.
[Read More]Afrika Bambaataa sued for alleged child sexual abuse | Hip-hop
Posted on June 12, 2024
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Hip-hop This article is more than 2 years oldAfrika Bambaataa sued for alleged child sexual abuseThis article is more than 2 years oldHip-hop pioneer has not responded to lawsuit accusing him of repeated sexual abuse and sex trafficking in the 1990s
Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering hip-hop DJ, rapper and producer, has been sued over alleged child sexual abuse.
An anonymous man, named John Doe in the lawsuit filed in a New York court, alleges that Bambaataa sexually abused him for four years from the age of 12, in the early 1990s.
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