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LinkedIn Joins The Parade Of Cowards: Quietly Strips Anti-Trans Protections To Appease MAGA Mob

3 months 1 week ago
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has quietly joined the parade of tech giants rolling back basic protections for transgender users, removing explicit prohibitions against deadnaming and misgendering from its hate speech policies this week. The change, first spotted by the nonprofit Open Terms Archive, eliminates language that previously listed “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as examples of […]
Mike Masnick

Three-Time All-American: Auto Butler Female Athlete Of The Month Rayna Raglin Shines At USATF Jr. Olympics

3 months 1 week ago
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Alton's Rayna Raglin, a 17-year-old track and field sensation, has demonstrated remarkable endurance and skill recently at the USATF Junior Olympics National track and field meet in Savannah, Ga. Raglin, competing in the 17-18 age division, earned All-American status in three events: the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter dashes. Raglin’s performance included a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter finals on Saturday, marking her seventh race of the week. She was fourth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.88 for Dashers Track and Field out of Belleville. She placed sixth in the 200 meters in a time of 24.13. She was fifth in the 400 meters in a scorching time of 56.27. Rayna is an Auto Butler Female Athlete of the Month for Alton. She competed in nine total races at the USATF Junior Olympics National Meet against some of the nation’s top athletes. She noted the challenge of the competition and the heat, and said, “It was long and it was

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close its doors after loss of funding

3 months 1 week ago
WASHINGTON — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will be shutting down. The announcement came just one day after a major Senate appropriations bill omitted funding for the nonprofit that funds public media and a week after President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that yanked $1.1 billion in previously approved spending for CPB.  […]
Shauneen Miranda