I stand with Larycia Hawkins

Hawkins is — or was — a political science associate professor at Wheaton College who said she’d wear a hijab through Advent to show solidarity with her Muslim brothers and sisters. Wheaton then placed her on administrative leave. You can read the college’s statement here, and good luck finding any specifics as to why they chose this …

McKinney, Texas = Progress?

Is this progress? A white cop pulls a gun on some black youth, and nobody gets killed and the cop is placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. And then he resigns. McKinney, y’all. “Sir, we just came for a birthday party. Please.” Listen to the kid who shot the video. And thanks, Leftover, for …

What means “special training on dealing with women?”

Austin, Texas, greeted its first-ever female majority city council with a two-hour training session for city staff on how to work with women. And evidently, the training was planned by this guy, now on administrative leave pending an investigation. You can read more here. Evidently, women ask more questions. (Whaaaat?) And we want the story …