Columbia University Removes Deans Caught Sending Texts With ‘Antisemitic Tropes’ During Campus Event On ‘Jewish Life’
Columbia University has fired three deans after it was discovered they sent text messages that touched on “anti-Semitic tropes” during a campus event about Jewish life. The university placed three people on administrative leave in June — former associate dean and chief administrative officer Susan Chan Kim, former associate dean for student and family support […]
US removes Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
A pier built by U.S. forces to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip has been removed for weather protection, and the United States is considering not reinstalling it until aid starts flowing to residents again, a U.S. official said on Friday. The army is helping to move badly needed food through the pier, but most […]
Los Angeles business owners, residents dismayed after city removes homeless encampment measures
Los Angeles business owners and residents criticized the city’s decision to remove the planters, which locals said had significantly reduced crime in the area. “I think what they did was really terrible because the planters were there to keep the encampment away,” said Hollywood resident Jackie Antebi. NBC4 Los Angeles. Crews removed the planters along […]
Germany Removes Less Than 3% of Migrants with Deportation Orders
Germany’s left-wing coalition government managed to deport less than 3 percent of migrants targeted for deportation in the first four months of this year, despite vowing last year to increase deportations. Following the October 7 terror attacks in Israel and a surge in anti-Semitic and Islamist attacks across Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his […]
Blue City Removes Homophobic U-Turn Signs, Trans Councilmember Named ‘Maebe A. Girl’ Announces
The residential neighborhood of Silver Lake in the Californian city of Los Angeles removed the last street signs expressing hostility to the LGBTQ+ community Monday, multiple outlets reported. These street signs — several “No U-Turn” and “No Cruising” signs — were put up in the neighborhood in the 1990s following complaints about the presence of […]
Los Angeles removes anti-gay traffic signs
Officials removed the last traffic signs from a Los Angeles neighborhood this week, wiping out its homophobic past. According to a Los Angeles Times report, signs reading “No Cruising. No U-Turns. Midnight to 6 a.m.” were erected around the Silver Lake neighborhood in 1997 in an attempt to discourage gay men from roaming the streets […]
Duolingo removes LGBTQ references in Russia after warning
Language learning app Duolingo was forced to remove all references to LGBTQ people in Russia after the Russian government warned it would consider publishing such content an “extremist” act. Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, told the Pittsburgh-based company that it must censor material promoting “non-traditional sexual relations” and LGBT propaganda. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has sought […]
San Francisco City Hall removes ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag after Alito controversy
San Francisco removed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag that flew outside city hall after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was in the spotlight for hanging one himself. On Saturday, city officials swapped the flag with an American one. The city said the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was originally raised on Flag Day in 1964 at […]
San Francisco quietly removes ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag from outside City Hall after Alito flap
The city of San Francisco confirmed it had removed a “Call Him” flag from outside City Hall over the weekend, days after it was reported that the flag had been flown outside the home of a conservative Supreme Court justice. On May 22, The New York Times reported that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had […]
Safeway Removes Self-Checkouts from Some Stores Due to Theft
Some Safeway stores in California’s Bay Area will stop installing self-checkout kiosks due to increasing theft issues. The grocery store chain said it would remove the kiosks from some stores but did not name the specific locations, KTVU said. report Monday. In a statement, Safeway explained: As a result of the increase in theft, certain […]