Bill criminalizing LGBTQ community advances in Ghana
Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that could send some people to prison for more than a decade. The bill, introduced in Congress three years ago, would criminalize members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies from promoting, funding, or publicly displaying affection. After Wednesday’s passage of the bill, Rep. Sam […]
The ‘launderette family’ fighting to save a community space in east London | Communities
In the summer of 1896, groundbreaking work was completed. public laundry Part of what is believed to be the first public housing estate in London’s East End. Communal facilities for washing clothes on site had been developed over the decades, but were abruptly halted by the local council, who closed down laundromats in the area. […]
Virginia ‘tech tax’ bill sparks backlash from business community
Trade groups representing hundreds of companies doing business in Virginia oppose a proposal proposed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and approved by Democrats in a budget bill to expand the state sales tax to cover digital products. ing. Both chambers of Congress included a new sales tax on purchases such as streaming subscriptions, cloud storage […]
Jerry Seinfeld hassled by anti-Israel protesters outside Jewish community center in NYC: ‘You support genocide!’
Group of anti-Israel demonstrators disrupted jerry seinfeld People outside the annual Jewish event in New York City over the weekend. On Sunday night, Mr. Seinfeld went to the 92nd Street Y, a Jewish community center in Manhattan, to attend the center’s annual Jewish State of the Union address. This year’s speech was given by former […]
DC community demands answers after killing of 13-year-old | FOX 5 DC
Community members in D.C.’s Ward 5 are demanding answers, days after 13-year-old Karon Blake was shot and killed by a … source
Families Furious as Boston Kicks Black Children Out of Community Center for Biden’s Migrants
Local families in Boston’s majority-black Roxbury neighborhood are outraged that the city closed their local community center and used it instead to house more illegal border crossers under President Joe Biden. There is. The Melnia A. Cass Recreation Community Center in Roxbury was once the venue for Little League ball players, volleyball games, and other […]
NYC Mayor Adams reverses course Harlem migrant shelter after community outrage
Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday night made a stunning about-face on a plan to turn an abandoned Harlem luxury apartment building into an immigrant shelter after facing community outrage. Adams’ change of heart came at a St. Nicholas House Residents Association meeting packed with dozens of residents outraged by the city’s proposed development of a […]
1 in 5 active gamers identify as LGBTQ, but community is underrepresented in video games: report
Despite LGBTQ people making up nearly one-fifth of active gamers in the U.S., only 2% of video games feature LGBTQ stories or characters, a new report finds. It became clear. report From GLAD. “Despite making up a significant percentage of gamers, we remain largely invisible in the gaming world,” Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO […]
UPenn community slams lecturer’s antisemitic cartoons
The University of Pennsylvania has been embroiled in yet another scandal since October 7th. Communication school lecturer Dwayne Booth has come under fire from critics for his political cartoons, which they say are anti-Semitic. One of the booth’s illustrations: “Slaughterhouse” Shown by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu It has glowing red eyes, is covered in […]
Parent board serving large NYC Jewish community slammed, accused of ‘censorship’ after scheduling meeting on Shabbos
A parent committee serving Brooklyn’s large Jewish community has been accused of “censorship” and scheduling meetings inconsistent with the Sabbath. Arthur Kleinerman, a Jewish member of Community Education Council 22, read a statement Tuesday on behalf of the board, saying that despite requests from the community, a “special He stopped short of apologizing for holding […]