STORY: Around midday local time, the workers heard cracking sounds and the building started to crumble around them, said caretaker and builder Jourdin Yoro, whose arm and torso were injured in the accident. “In a rush, we started to run,” Yoro said. “Within about 45 seconds, the building collapsed.” Rescue efforts were ongoing at the…
I Feel Pretty and Witty and… A few final words as we say farewell to Pride Month: “In the words of Detroit native [rapper] Lizzo: it’s about damn time! Bigotry is bad for business. Come to Michigan, you will be respected and protected under the law.”—Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), during the signing of the Elliott-Larsen…
Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action Programs at Harvard and U.N.C. The New York Times Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in college admissions CBS Philadelphia Legal experts, community activists react to Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling KING 5 Seattle Affirmative action is dead. Texas shows diversity is still possible. (Editorial) Houston Chronicle Opinion | Supreme Court ends college affirmative action….
“Mollycoddle” is a good word that should feature more prominently in all our lexicons. And drag performer Trixie Mattel, who won season three of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars,” perfectly deployed the word in an interview with “Good Morning America” from the GLAAD Media Awards that’s currently all over Twitter. “This whole country mollycoddles Christians,…
A 28-year-old chimpanzee who spent her life looking through bars saw the open sky for the first time at a Florida sanctuary, rescuers say. The chimpanzee, whose name is Vanilla, spent the early part of her life at a biomedical research laboratory in New York, according to Save the Chimps, an organization based in Fort…