Jim's West Steaks: Philadelphia cheesesteak shop hires armed agents to protect customers outside. (6abc.com)
DEI Jobs Have Dried Up Post George Floyd Protests But The Ones Left Are Filled Mostly By White People (www.theroot.com)
Even though diversity, equity and inclusion jobs increased by 55% following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a recent study has showed that the vast majority of them have dried up. Across the country, DEI layoffs have been fast and unrelenting....
Rolling Stone Founder: Women, Black Musicians Not ‘Articulate Enough’ on ‘Intellectual Level’ to Feature in New Book (www.nationalreview.com)
Video shows school employee hitting 3-year-old nonverbal autistic child in the head and knocking him to the floor, attorney alleges (www.cnn.com)
Video from an Ohio school’s hallway camera shows a school employee chasing a 3-year-old down the hall and hitting him in the head from behind, knocking him to the ground, an attorney for the boy’s family alleges....
Mexico’s Moment: The Biggest US Trading Partner Is No Longer China (www.bloomberg.com)
The new Cold War is a business opportunity, and Mexico looks better placed than almost any other country to seize it....
Fox Corp Hit With Yet Another Lawsuit Over ‘Longstanding Practice of Allowing Conspiracy Theories’ (www.mediaite.com)
US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year (www.theguardian.com)
Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020...
The GDP gap between Europe and the United States is now 80% (www.lemonde.fr)
It was early this summer, before Americans started crossing the Atlantic to savor the sweetness of European life. Prices are very much affordable for them there, and the Wall Street Journal gave the reason as being Europe’s inexorable impoverishment: “Europeans are facing a new economic reality, one they haven’t...
Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans comments he made during a recent concert (www.cnn.com)
Carlos Santana faced criticism on Thursday when a video of the musician making anti-transgender comments during a concert in New Jersey in July resurfaced on social media....
With lawsuit dismissed, student loan debt forgiveness begins for 800,000 borrowers (www.usatoday.com)
Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows (www.nbcnews.com)
More than 20 Ohio counties rejected Issue 1 on Tuesday and most of them were suburban and exurban counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.
Two LGBTQ films were slapped with R and NC-17 ratings. Critics say queer sex scenes are treated differently (www.cbc.ca)
When adapting the 2019 LGBTQ romantic novel Red, White & Royal Blue for the screen, Matthew Lopez was careful to circumvent an R-rating. The film has a handful of sex scenes that stop short of full-frontal nudity — there’s some bare butts and, naturally, shirtless men....
Ian Watkins, singer jailed for child sex offences, ‘stabbed in prison’ (www.theguardian.com)
Former Lostprophets frontman reportedly taken to hospital after being held hostage by other inmates at HMP Wakefield
Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions (www.texastribune.org)
State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.
Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge (thehill.com)
The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to p…
Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S. (www.digitaljournal.com)
US citizens will need to pay for a visa to travel to Europe starting in 2024 (nypost.com)
Judge tosses Trump documents case, ruling prosecutor was unlawfully appointed (www.reuters.com)
Trump rushed off stage after gun shots targeting him (www.cnn.com)
Secret Service agents rushed former President Donald Trump off the stage after he fell to the ground at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania....
Senators unveil bipartisan deal on stock trading ban (www.axios.com)
A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress, setting the bill up for action in the Senate later this month.
Rubio Dismisses Project 2025 as 'Think Tank Stuff' Despite Trump Allies Authoring Parts of It (www.rollingstone.com)
'There Are No Kings in America': Biden Blasts Supreme Court, Issues Dire Warning After Immunity Ruling (dailyboulder.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17146902...
Joe Biden To Sit Down With ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos For First Post-Debate TV Interview (deadline.com)
Airs Sunday July 7th...
New Report Argues Private Rail Is a Train Wreck, Public Ownership Needed (www.commondreams.org)
Police in New York shoot and kill 13-year-old holding a pellet gun, authorities say (www.pbs.org)
An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
