Philando Castile’s Mother Tackles Minnesota School’s Lunch Debt With $8,000 Donation

The mother of police shooting victim Philando Castile recently donated $8,000 to a Minnesota high school to erase student lunch debts. The gift comes amid reignited national conversations over unpaid lunch bills in public schools and how the consequences affect kids whose families struggle financially. Valerie Castile gave Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota, $8,000 last […]

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Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill To Ban Shackling Of Pregnant Inmates

Click:Private China Tours The Texas Senate on Friday passed legislation to end the use of restraints on pregnant inmates in the state’s prisons. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles The bipartisan House Bill 650, authored by Republican state Rep. James White, includes a number measures intended to address the conditions of incarcerated women. Texas already prohibits the shackling […]

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Joe Biden Looks To Revive Obama’s Climate Plan. Scientists Say That’s Not Good Enough.

At a moment when mounting reports from the world’s top scientists indicate humanity is barrelling toward climate catastrophe and ecological collapse, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is preparing a climate policy that appears to put the United States back on the pre-Trump trajectory. The former vice president’s proposal is anchored in resetting the clock to […]

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Instagram Blocks Anti-Vaccine Hashtags To Combat Misinformation

Instagram is blocking several anti-vaccine hashtags spreading misinformation across the platform. Company spokeswoman Stephanie Otway confirmed to HuffPost on Friday that the app will block #vaccineskill, adding to its previous bans of #vaccinescauseautism, #vaccinescauseaids and #vaccinesarepoison, which Instagram announced on Thursday. Otway said the measure is meant to combat false information in posts with those hashtags, […]

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