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She did herself no favors during the interview. In it, she meandered, failed to take responsibility for her actions, rudely cut host Gayle King off, claimed she could not be racist because she, too, is a woman of color, and also cast herself as a victim. (Her attorney at the time noted that she is concerned about Ponsetto's mental health, saying, "Miya is emotionally unwell, mentally unfit and lacking stability to pursue these interviews.") The performance earned her a fair amount of criticism online. Ponsetto is an easy target, but she is little more than a symptom of a bigger problem: the society that produced her and enables dangerous behavior like hers. … [Read more...] about Ponsetto is much more representative of America than we care to admit

In 2017, Trump endorsed police brutality, telling officers on Long Island, "When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough. I said: 'Please don't be too nice.'" He went on the describe the act of shielding a suspect's head while putting them in the back of a police car and said, "You can take the hand away, OK?" … [Read more...] about Capitol riot a stunning reminder of America’s policing crisis

In San Francisco, Kaiser Permanente pitched a large tent on the grounds and started a major vaccination effort on Saturday for those 65 and older. The health provider’s members said it took more than four hours on hold before they were able to secure an appointment. … [Read more...] about California deaths remain devastatingly high even as surge of infections begins to abate

The greatest testament to Dr. King's legacy this year will be in the collective effort to reimagine an America that is mature enough to explain the events of the last year and this one, not as a mere pit stop on the road to democratic perfection or an aberration on an otherwise healthy body politic. King would surely shy away from using his holiday as an example of American exceptionalism -- and would instead push us toward the hard work of building, for the first time in our nation's history, a racially inclusive democracy that will ensure that this latest attack on the sacred citadel of American democracy will be the last. … [Read more...] about Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy demands truth before unity

“Calling for journalists to be murdered, with the aim of intimidating and silencing anyone critical of the authorities, is completely unacceptable,” Reporters Without Borders said in a press release, calling on the government to disown the campaigns. … [Read more...] about Interference Forces BBC to Stop Airing Show on Pakistani TV