Since law enforcement has been pushing to ban bikers from being allowed to wear the patches and logos of motorcycle clubs, a tattoo shop in Norman Oklahoma has decided that this should go both ways. […]
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Satire Piece Hits The Nail On The Head About Police Getting Away With Murder
The satire website The Onion seem to get better with age. Their poignant, hard-hitting dark comedy often paints a more accurate picture of current events than anything in the mainstream media. Sometimes, they hit the […]
Did Oklahoma Just Say You Can Only Get Married If You're Religious?
What say should the state have in marriage? That’s a great question that many have been asking for a long time. But some say that the State of Oklahoma is answering that question in a […]
Racist Cop Resigns After Being Exposed Saying African Americans Should Still Be Slaves
Officer Aaron McNamara has been an auxiliary officer with the Fairview Park police department. But that all ended today, as he just put in his resignation after being exposed for his overtly racist comments. Throughout his social […]
It Took 70 Years For This 14-Year-Old To Be Proven Innocent
Back in 1944 it only took an all-white jury 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. but it has taken a full 70 years since he was convicted and executed for him to finally […]
John Crawford's Mother Demands Arrest of Killer Cop, Recalls Hearing Her Son Die On the Phone
Yesterday, mothers of several well known victims of police brutality and killing led the march in Washington against police brutality. But some of these mothers also sat down and talked about their experiences of loss […]
Protesters Demand Answers After Phoenix Cop Shoots Unarmed Man
Thursday night, a protest and march in downtown Phoenix spoke out against the shooting death of an unarmed African American man who died at the hands of Phoenix police. This marks the 19th time in […]
Rap Artist With No Criminal Record Faces Life In Prison For Album Lyrics
The state of California has decided that freedom of speech is a privilege, not a right. Apparently, prosecutors believe that writing lyrics about crime is a crime itself – and one punishable by a life […]
Banksy's Arrest Hoax Spread Like Wildfire On Social Media
Another fake story has been published on the website National Report, that alleged the identity of the British street artist Banksy had been revealed. The notorious website, well known for fake articles that it claims […]
Facebook Deleted Accounts of Native Americans On Columbus Day For Having 'Fake Names'
Perhaps it was nothing more than a disturbing coincidence, but this Columbus Day, Facebook decided to delete the accounts of Native Americans from the Midwest Village of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Yellow Springs became nationally known […]
Jon Stewart Gives White America A Hard Talk About Privilege
Comedian Jon Stewart has had a lot of things to say on the Daily Show about racism in America. This has been all the more the case since the police shooting of Michael Brown and […]
Urban Outfitters Goes Beyond Offensive With Bloodstained Kent State Sweatshirt
In May of 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a group peace protesters on the Kent State University campus in Ohio. The Kent State shooting was the inspiration for the famous Crosby, Stills […]
Noam Chomsky Asks 'Are We Approaching the End of Human History?'
It is not pleasant to contemplate the thoughts that must be passing through the mind of the Owl of Minerva as the dusk falls and she undertakes the task of interpreting the era of human […]
Pope Excommunicates Members of the Italian Mafia
Pope Francis made what might have been his boldest move yet, when he told Italian Mafia members on Saturday that they are excommunicated from the Catholic Church. “Those who in their life have gone along […]
Why Women In Iran Are Throwing Off Hijab Scarves In Defiance Of Their Government
For more than a week now, women in Iran have been engaged in open criminal activity. What was their crime, you ask? The Iranian women have been speaking out against their Vilyat-i-Faqih religious government’s mandatory hair-covering. […]