Culture Trends - Page 5

April 3

San Diego high school reverses student suspension over pro-ICE flyers it deemed 'harassment'

A San Diego high school student's flyers in support of ICE led to suspension before a legal group intervened and school officials reversed their decision.

April 2

Trump admin saves taxpayers $1 billion in fraud crackdown of student aid programs

Secretary Linda McMahon ordered a review of student aid programs as the Department of Education says enhanced fraud controls have saved taxpayers over $1 billion.

April 2

Meryl Streep claims SAVE America Act forces married women to 'prove who they are' to vote

Meryl Streep spoke out against the SAVE Act on Stephen Colbert's show, saying married women may need to prove their identity to vote in November.

April 2

Leslie Jones declares 'marriage is legalized slavery,' may as well involve 'whip and chain'

Leslie Jones blasted marriage and modern men in an interview, calling marriage "legalized slavery" and saying she is disappointed in men as a group for not stepping up.

April 2

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel admits Democrats 'lost the plot' as a party on cultural issues

Rahm Emanuel says the Democratic Party became 'unanchored' from middle-class values, arguing it shifted from acceptance to advocacy on divisive cultural issues.

April 2

Dropkick Murphys take aim at Trump and ICE with rewritten lyrics, 'ship them out of Boston'

Dropkick Murphys performed a parody of "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" at a Boston rally, calling it a "special ICE edition" in protest of the Trump administration.

April 1

Billy Porter blames Trump as jobs dry up after 'performative wokeness' wave

Billy Porter said the era of "performative wokeness" is over and arts job opportunities are drying up, speaking out on the shifting entertainment landscape.

April 1

Gavin Newsom faces left-wing backlash over 'cheap homophobia jokes' targeting GOP rivals on social media

Gov. Gavin Newsom faced backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates over his office's Grindr jokes targeting GOP rivals, with critics calling it "cheap" and homophobic.

April 1

What the first federal challenge to a local reparations program means for other cities

Judicial Watch scored a victory after a federal court denied a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against Evanston's reparations program, which uses race as an eligibility requirement.

April 1

Tennessee library director fired for refusing to move LGBTQ books out of kids' section

Tennessee's Rutherford County Library Board fired Director Luanne James after she refused to relocate over 100 children's books flagged for controversial themes.