Superintendent fired after allegedly investigating students for not applauding her daughter enough (www.latimes.com)
A San Diego-area school district superintendent was fired this week, nearly a year after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies after they inadequately applauded her daughter at a banquet....
SEC’s Gensler turns tide against crypto in courts (www.politico.com)
Bernard Hill, 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Titanic' star, dies at 79: Reports (www.usatoday.com)
A driver dies after crashing into a security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say (apnews.com)
Southeast Asian Americans face the brunt of racist attacks among Asians in U.S., new study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
While many Americans believe anti-Asian hate has passed, experts say many communities are still living in fear....
Xi Jinping begins first European tour in five years in France [6 May 2024 | Al Jazeera] (www.aljazeera.com)
Americans Continue to Name Inflation as Top Financial Problem (news.gallup.com)
University of Mississippi: ‘abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned (www.theguardian.com)
NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students (www.npr.org)
Utah fields nearly 4,000 “bogus" reports in first week of trans bathroom ban (www.salon.com)
Israel-Gaza war: Three soldiers killed in Kerem Shalom rocket attack (www.bbc.com)
Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born. (www.wbtv.com)
america is so fucking based man...
Florida workers brace for summer with no protections: ‘My body would tremble’ (www.theguardian.com)
Effects of heat are expected to worsen after bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed...
Democratic convention organizers work to balance free speech with safety amid tensions over protests (www.nbcnews.com)
Police tactics at campus protests reveal disparities in approaches to public order and lessons learned from 2020 protests (www.cnn.com)
As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza that continue to ripple across the nation, the response by law enforcement is under heightened scrutiny after thousands were arrested since mid-April....
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police (www.vox.com)
Aldi Just Announced a Major Change to Grocery Prices, Lowering Prices (finance.yahoo.com)
Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: ‘Tech bros conflate luck with talent’ (www.theguardian.com)
The US academic on why the Mr Burns caricature of rich people is wrong, the double-edged sword of godlike technologies, and why young people shouldn’t follow their passion...
Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance (theconversation.com)
Driver dies after crashing into security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
The Secret Service said security protocols were put in place and that there was no threat to the White House....
Boeing locks out its private firefighters around Seattle over pay dispute (apnews.com)
Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and brought in replacements after the latest round of negotiations with the firefighters’ union failed to deliver an agreement on wages....
Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump’s pledge to fight what he calls “anti-white feeling” in the U.S. will likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and corporate programs created to battle racism and boost diversity in American life....
Ruby Bridges blasts book bans as “ridiculous” attempts to “cover up history” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Who were the ‘outsiders’ at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall? (www.nbcnews.com)
When James Carlson was arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, he was already under investigation for snatching an Israeli flag out of a man’s hand near campus and setting it on fire....