[ad_1] CNN — A street in San Francisco will now be renamed after a 84-year-old man whose death brought national attention to the rise of anti-Asian hate last year. City officials approved a resolution to rename Sonora Lane as “Vicha Ratanapakdee Lane” earlier this year. The new street sign was …
Read More »GOP congressional candidate Joe Kent’s ties to white nationalists include interview with Nazi sympathizer
[ad_1] CNN — Despite disavowing White nationalism last spring when one of its adherents endorsed him, a US House candidate in Washington subsequently gave a previously unreported interview in June to a Nazi sympathizer and White nationalist. While Republican Joe Kent touted his support for prominent far-right figures like Reps. …
Read More »How the far right is surging in Europe
[ad_1] A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Voters in Europe have veered to the far right. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy political party is described in CNN’s report as “the …
Read More »Robert Sarver, Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner, seeking buyers for NBA and WNBA teams
[ad_1] CNN — Embattled basketball team owner Robert Sarver, suspended after a recent independent investigation found he engaged in hostile, racially insensitive and inappropriate behavior, announced Wednesday he will sell the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Mercury. The NBA last week suspended Sarver for a year and fined him …
Read More »Analysis: Why racist ‘The Little Mermaid’ arguments don’t hold up
[ad_1] CNN — Ever since Disney released the first look for its 2023 live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the internet has been sodden with wave after wave of racist critics complaining that Ariel, the completely fictional underwater fish woman, shouldn’t be Black. Hashtags like #notmyariel are bouncing around social …
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