CLEVELAND — A group of players was gathered inside the Cleveland Browns locker room Sunday when Jason McCourty walked out of the shower. The defensive back’s curiosity drew him over and, eventually, into the conversation. More
In response to the North Carolina state legislature’s failure to repeal the infamous, discriminatory “Bathroom Bill” (HB2) and President Trump‘s recent executive order temporarily restricting immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, the 2017 edition of Moogfest will incorporate a protest stage. More
NEW DELHI —
Fans of a traditional bull-taming ritual in southern India attacked a police station with stones and set some vehicles on fire Monday in anger at being forcibly evicted from the beach where they been protesting for the past week in support of the sport. More
Five protesters sued Elvis Presley‘s estate Graceland and the city of Memphis for discrimination after claiming they were prohibited from entering a Presley vigil.
In the federal civil rights lawsuit, members of the Coalition of Concerned Citizens, an offshoot of the Black Lives Movement according to the Associated Press, attempted to stage a protest at Graceland last August 16th during an annual candlelight vigil marking Presley’s date of death. More
Neil Young has penned a passionate plea to Barack Obama and a message of solidarity regarding the Standing Rock protest.
Young’s Facebook statement comes after police fired rubber bullets and water cannons at protestors at the site of proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, an altercation that sent nearly 20 protestors to the hospital.
“We are calling upon you, President Barack Obama, to step in and end the violence against the peaceful water protectors at Standing Rock immediately,” Young wrote.
“Your growing activism in support of freedom over repression, addressing climate change, swiftly replacing a destructive old industries with safe, regenerative energy, encouraging wholistic thinking in balance with the future of our planet; that activism will strengthen and shed continued light on us all. These worthy goals must be met for the all the world’s children and theirs after them. This is our moment for truth.”
Young and his girlfriend, actress…