American News Chicago rioters smash Ronald McDonald House while sick kids and their families hide inside This week, staff at a Ronald McDonald House in Chicago reported that sick kids and their families hid in fear while looters smashed the main door trying to get inside.
American News Florida man accused of spending $318K in COVID relief funds on new Lamborghini A Florida man has been charged with multiple offences, including fraud, after he was alleged to have bought luxury items including a Lamborghini with relief funds for the coronavirus.
American News Marlins season on pause as COVID crisis hits MLB The team has decided to take a temporary break as half of their roster —15 players—along with two of their coaches have tested positive for COVID-19.
International News Indian schoolgirls discover asteroid moving towards Earth A new asteroid that has been gradually shifting its orbit and moving towards Earth was recently discovered by Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya, two Indian girls in grade 10.
Canadian News New petition asks Trudeau government to help Canadians excluded from emergency pay A petition is currently circulating with over 20,000 names, calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help Canadians who are excluded from the CERB
Culture Twitter mobs are ruining Kickstarter projects These days, whenever Kickstarter tries to promote a campaign, it is inevitably met with vitriol and Twitter mobs.
Culture New national women’s initiative aims to tackle big issue topics Canada: Powered by Women is a new national initiative designed to bring women together through social media to have political discussions about big issues.
Canadian News Halifax Pride forced to pull promotional material after “facekini” panic This month’s Halifax Pride was pressured to apologize for a photo which appeared in both their online promotional material and the July 18th-28th 2019 Pride schedule of events booklet.
Culture American publisher gives in to Twitter mob, burns its own book The publishing house had unpublished the novel almost immediately when 13 tweeters accused the novel of being Islamophobic.
Culture Progressive professors want a blacklist of Quillette writers Using social pressure to stigmatize is a hallmark of witch hunts throughout history, and this tactic hides in plain sight on social media. But one wonders what the point is of declaring a publication dedicated to free speech and open discourse off limits?
