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Supreme Court Justice’s wife under fire for criticizing Parkland shooting survivors
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is the latest in a line of public figures under attack from the media for criticizing the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting. Thomas shared several posts on her Facebook page, including one that depicted a pile of shoes from Holocaust victims. The […]
Man who lost five relatives becomes angry voice for Kemerovo fire survivors
Last week Igor Vostrikov was a successful businessman, married with three young children. Today he says that he has “nothing more to lose” and will fight for justice to be served. Vostrikov recalls that his wife, Elena had been “beyond panic” by the time she reached him at around 4 p.m. on Sunday. Elena, who […]
Residential school survivors and their descendants show poorer health outcomes: survey
The impacts of residential schools on the health and well-being of First Nations people are similar, whether they attended the schools themselves or are descended from someone who did, a new survey suggests.
Survivors of Human Trafficking, in Their Own Words
Last June, The Atlantic published “My Family’s Slave,” a harrowing reflection by the journalist Alex Tizon on his experience of being raised by Eudocia Tomas Pulido, or, as she was known to Tizon, “Lola.” Pulido wasn’t in chains, Tizon wrote, yet “no other word but slave encompassed the life she lived.” The story moved millions […]
The teen survivors of the Florida shooting are slamming critics who think ‘it’s weird how happy’ they are
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Teenagers who survived the February 14 Florida shooting are campaigning for gun law reform. Collin Rugg, a right-leaning political organizer, criticized them for expressing happiness sometimes and cast doubt on their sincerity. Students who survived the attack ripped Rugg apart on Twitter. A lot of other people joined in. In addition […]
Fallon Praises 'Unbelievable' Parkland Survivors and Their 'Real Revolution'
In his first full-length broadcast since the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that claimed 17 lives, The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon took a moment Monday night to applaud the survivors who are demanding change. In the video embedded above, Fallon offered his sympathies not only to the families that lost loved ones in the shooting, […]
Online Support for the Parkland Shooting Survivors Tops This Week’s Internet News
Students have taken the gun control to debate to a new level online and off. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a908eeb927dc94e67685a1d/master/pass/InternetWeek-ParklandStudents-922442610.jpg
Parkland shooting survivor’s family shops doctored emails with CNN to media outlets
Screenshot/Fox News The family of Colton Haab, a student at the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week, provided a doctored email between Haab’s father, Glenn Haab, and a CNN producer to media outlets. Colton told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Thursday that a CNN producer rewrote a question for Haab […]
Kimmel Slams Donald Trump Jr., Conspiracy Theorists for Attacking Teenage Shooting Survivors — Watch
Jimmy Kimmel is calling out right-wing conspiracy theorists — as well as President Donald Trump’s “least favorite son” — for perpetuating actual fake news in the wake of last week’s horrific school shooting in Parkland, Fla. VIDEOSStephen Colbert ‘Sickened’ By Florida School Shooting, Slams Senator Marco ‘House Plant’ Rubio “There are always crackpots in situations […]
