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Chick-fil-A’s charitable foundation kept donating to anti-LGBTQ groups
Chick-fil-A, the Georgia-based fast-food chain known for its juicy chicken sandwiches — and for its executives’ conservative strain of Christianity — has continued donating to anti-LGBTQ charities through its foundation despite claiming it had no political affiliation, ThinkProgress reports.
People Don't Buy Your Product, They Buy Your Story
This article was originally published on The Intelligent Content Blog in advance of Michael's keynote at the Intelligent Content Conference, produced by Content Marketing Institute. Michael offers a free course on transformational storytelling - The Red Pill.
An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes
An 11-year-old boy on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes during the world’s largest yearly hacking convention, DEFCON 26, organizers of the event said.
BlackRock: The secret world power
One name has been haunting Wall Street for years. Still, it remains a mystery to most. Even Heike Buchter admits it only began appearing on her radar recently. "Bankers started talking about [it].
Why race science is on the rise again
In 1985, historian Barry Mehler had a dream. His research was taking him deep into the murky territory of academia’s extreme right wing. As he worked, he found his waking life beginning to soak into his subconscious, colouring his sleep.
Deutsche Bank employees reportedly flagged suspicious transactions involving Trump and Kushner
Tammy McFadden, a former Deutsche Bank employee, said she reviewed transactions that involved Kushner's company and Russians in the summer of 2016.
Why America Can’t Solve Homelessness
As the face of homelessness changes, politicians cling to limited policy ideas and quick fixes. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The lunch rush at St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall is a snapshot of the changing character of American homelessness.
Penalties for protesting pipelines increase in 15 states
At least 15 states have passed or proposed bills that further criminalize trespassing on fossil fuel infrastructure, a trend that environmental and free speech advocates argue unnecessarily targets pipeline protesters and indigenous leaders.
Consultant poses as journalist in Monsanto trial
San Francisco (AFP) - Smiling and affable, the young woman was able to pass herself off as a fellow journalist to reporters including AFP covering a landmark trial in San Francisco on the health risks associated with the weedkiller Roundup.
Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War Crimes
Stabbing a defenseless teenage captive to death. Picking off a school-age girl and an old man from a sniper’s roost. Indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods with rockets and machine-gun fire.
Fran Lebowitz: 'You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump'
Be grateful you didn’t sit next to Fran Lebowitz on the plane from New York to Melbourne. The trip was the longest flight she had taken, and therefore the longest time she managed to go without a cigarette.
Texas State Bill Would Make Protesting Pipelines a Felony on Par With Attempted Murder
A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would make protesting pipelines a third-degree felony, the same as attempted murder. H.B.
The Internet's Wild West Days Are Coming to a Close
From swiping right for dates; to grocery shopping from their desks; to following All the President’s Tweets in real time, Americans wholeheartedly have embraced big tech. Only now we know: Our love affair with networked life also comes with costs.
How Banning Abortion Will Transform America
Across the United States, Republican-controlled legislatures are outlawing abortion, with the hope of bringing the issue before a sympathetic Supreme Court.
The anti-gay extremist behind America's fiercely strict abortion bans
Janet Porter is a woman who believes life begins at conception and homosexuality is a choice. She has said gay marriage caused Noah’s floods, and was the architect of a 1990s gay conversion campaign. She implied US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish woman, is a racist.
The GOP Is on the Road to Mass Lockups for Women Who Have Miscarriages
The GOP’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is on its way. During Mike Pence’s first year as governor of Indiana, his state put a young woman in prison for having a miscarriage, alleging that she’d taken an abortion-causing drug.
Post-Roe America Won’t Be Like Pre-Roe America. It Will Be Worse.
The new abortion bans are harsher than the old ones. This week, Alabama’s governor signed legislation banning most abortions without exceptions for rape or incest, with sentences of up to 99 years in prison for abortion providers.
Amid Murky Intel, Experts Say Time to Be Clear: Threat of War With Iran "Solely and Unequivocally" Trump's Fault
As "murky" intelligence reports swirl and the White House works overtime to establish its narrative with evidence-free warnings of a supposedly growing Iranian threat, foreign policy experts and analysts are attempting to set the record straight by establishing precisely who is responsible for the d
Abolish the Priesthood
To save the Church, Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy—and take the faith back into their own hands. To feel relief at my mother’s being dead was once unthinkable, but then the news came from Ireland. It would have crushed her.
How do we go on?
Paralysed by climate despair, I’m finding it hard to think about the end of the world and what to make for dinner – but I know where to look for help.
A Major Coal Company Went Bust. Its Bankruptcy Filing Shows That It Was Funding Climate Change Denialism.
The bankruptcy of one of the largest domestic coal producers in the country has revealed that the company maintains financial ties to many of the leading groups that have sowed doubt over the human causes of global warming.
KISS frontman Gene Simmons delivers briefing at Pentagon podium that has not seen a spokesperson in almost a year
As the frontman of KISS, Gene Simmons occupies rarefied air — a rock star who entertains arenas filled with adoring fans. On Thursday, Simmons joined another exclusive club, conducting only the second on-camera press briefing at the Department of Defense in the last year.
The Concept of "Race" Is a Lie
The plague of racism has, in many ways, been increasing in the last few years. Whether one looks at Hungary, Germany, Myanmar, India or Brazil, racists are becoming more visible and getting elected to public office. Then there were the horrors of the slaughters in New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Welcome to the Dystopia of Alabama, by Connie Schultz
Let's start with a few facts about the children currently living in Alabama. Twenty-six percent of them — more than 285,280 — lived in poverty in 2018, which is the most recent year for available data. About 30 percent of Alabama's children living in poverty are younger than 5.
Alabama governor signs nation's most restrictive anti-abortion bill into law
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law a controversial abortion bill that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.
Trump's subpoena obstruction has fractured the Constitution's system of checks and balances
Millions of Americans voted in favor of a stronger check on power by ushering in a new Democratic majority in the House. That mandate is being ignored. Thursday, May 2, 2019, felt like the end of checks and balances in America.
Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva Calls Pregnant Women ‘Host Bodies’
Casual Misogyny: Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva calls pregnant women “host bodies” five times during a recent interview with CBS Miami.
What’s Scarier Than Student Loans? Welcome to the World of Subprime Children
Income share agreements sound like a better deal than today’s student loans, but what will they do to society? As American families refresh the wait lists and weigh their aid offers, yet another cohort of children sets foot into our disaster of a national higher education financing system.
Liberal America’s Single-Family Hypocrisy
If I asked my neighbors in San Francisco if they’d support a policy that reduces fossil-fuel consumption, protects unspoiled wildlands, increases economic mobility, and creates more affordable housing, they would probably all say yes.
Tug-of-Love: Immigrant Mom Loses Effort to Regain Son Given to US Parents
In a controversial case that involved the rights of illegal immigrants and their young children, a Guatemalan mother lost her effort today to get back the five-year old son who was taken away from her after her arrest on immigration charges and put up for adoption in Missouri despite her objections.
The Future Is Canada—and It’s Open for Business
The vision and hard work of generations of trailblazers have led Canada to become an internationally known destination for tech. The Canadian government stands fully behind its researchers and innovators, and today they’re leading the pack.
Social media is turning us into thoughtless political extremists
Big Think Managing Editor Jason Gots recently penned a keen piece on political radicals on Facebook that got me thinking about the ways social media has altered our political rhetoric.
Nothing in today’s headlines compares to the coming catastrophe
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — A new United Nations report projecting the extinction of one-eighth of all animal and plant species should rattle the cages of any remaining skeptics regarding climate change and the central role humans have played in Earth's accelerating destruction.
The Negative Effects Of Complaining
By Danielle Boroumand We all know that one person who likes to complain incessantly. No matter what they have going on in their lives, good or
The Cruel Genius of Georgia's Abortion Ban
Yesterday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill into law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most people know they're pregnant.
Inhuman After All
You can call Holly Herndon a doctor now. When I meet the experimental composer in lower Manhattan in April, she’s just arrived from the Bay Area, where she successfully defended her dissertation at Stanford’s Center For Computer Research In Music And Acoustics.
UN expert: San Francisco's homelessness crisis is a human rights violation and suggests 'a cruelty that is unsurpassed'
When Leilani Farha paid a visit to San Francisco in January, she knew the grim reputation of the city's homeless encampments. In her four years as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Adequate Housing, Farha has visited the slums of Mumbai, Delhi, Mexico City, Jarkarta, and Manila.
The Best Air-Purifying Houseplants According To NASA [INFOGRAPHIC]
Way back in the glorious year of 1989, NASA researchers published a Clean Air study based on the work they’d done trying to figure out the best way to purify air in space stations.
Income tax cuts highlight House budget plan
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House will vote Thursday on a proposed two-year budget that would eliminate income taxes for those earning less than $22,250 a year and ...
Donald Trump Says Gaming Tax System Was ‘Sport’ While He Admonishes Poor Americans for Using Welfare
President Donald Trump lost nearly $1 billion, or “more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer,” between 1985 and 1994, according to a new report by The New York Times.
When the Future Looked Like Toledo
The Fourth of July, 1945, brought unbridled optimism to Toledo. The war in the Pacific was winding down, and the booming Ohio industrial city was making big plans. On that July day, city leaders unveiled a 61-foot diameter scale model called Toledo Tomorrow in a display at the Toledo Zoo.
Looking at the Mueller report from a mental health perspective
Concerns about Donald Trump’s fitness for the office of president arose during the campaign and continue to this day. But now, in the Mueller report, we have an abundance of new evidence that sheds light on these concerns.
Farmed Salmon = Most Toxic Food in the World
Fish are an important part of the ecosystem and the human diet. Unfortunately, overfishing has depleted many fish stocks, and the proposed solution — fish farming — is creating far more problems than it solves.
‘If the land is sick, you are sick’: An Aboriginal approach to mental health in times of drought
A coal truck roars past, stirring up red dust that blows over the famished cattle and sheep lying in grassless paddocks. The carcasses of dead kangaroos lie next to empty water troughs. There is no birdsong.
Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas
It is the most important news humanity has ever received: the general collapse of life on Earth. The vast international assessment of the state of nature, as revealed on Monday, tells us that the living planet is in a death spiral.
Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
Kylie-Anne Kelly can’t remember the exact moment she became her boyfriend’s one and only, his what would I do without you, but she does remember neglecting her own needs to the point of hospitalization. “I talked him through his aspirations, validated his opinions, and supported his career.
Mike Pompeo Won't Mention Climate Change at the Arctic Council Summit
(ROVANIEMI, Finland) — The Arctic is melting, but don’t ask U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to mention climate change. For the Trump administration, disappearing sea ice in the world’s “high north” is first and foremost an opportunity to exploit rather than a crisis to mitigate.
Business Model Canvas Integrated with Lean Experimentation
Customizable Canvas Visually organize your strategy and track progress Use Alex Osterwalder's Business Model Canvas, the Lean Canvas, the Value Proposition Canvas, or a custom framework to organize your assumptions, track progress toward your goals and see how your canvas is evolving over time.
Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048
That's when the world's oceans will be empty of fish, predicts an international team of ecologists and economists. The cause: the disappearance of species due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.
More States Are Pursuing Rent Control. That’s Bad News for Landlords.
Big apartment owners are forecast to post strong earnings when they start reporting this week, but a number of state-sponsored rent-control measures are starting to raise longer-term concerns.
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