The hotel, which she did not want to name, then asked if she would “mind being lifted” every time she entered or left the building. She said the situation left her “in tears of frustration, as again access has made things really difficult for me just to get on with my life”. “It’s really frustrating…
(CNN)Professional soccer players in Holland will stand still for the first minute of this weekend’s matches to protest against racism in the game. The protest comes after a second division game between FC Den Bosch and Excelsior was stopped due to alleged racist abuse earlier this month. The match was temporarily halted after Excelsior winger…
(CNN)Members of the US women’s soccer team scored one of their goals Friday when a federal judge allowed their gender discrimination lawsuit to proceed as a class action. Watch the Nike ad starring the US women’s soccer team The suit alleges US Soccer’s payment practices amount to federal discrimination by paying women less than men…
(CNN)A curfew has been imposed in Bogota following a second day of anti-government protests in the Colombian capital. The curfew first went into effect at 8 p.m. on Friday in the districts of Kennedy, Ciudad Bolivar and Bosa. It was then extended across the entire city of Bogota starting at 9 p.m. Bogota Mayor Enrique…
Footage of a mixed martial arts fighter wearing a prominent Proud Boys logo and pinning down a protester was featured in a congratulatory Fox News segment Wednesday morning. But the clip didnt tell the whole story. The short clip that aired on Fox and other outletsafter it appeared on two livestreams and began making the…
Progressive internet personality Cenk Uygur wants to take his trash-talking attitude to the halls of Congress, launching a bid for the California seat become a hero for some progressive Democrats as a co-founder of The Young Turks, a left-wing video site. But voters in Californias 25th District may be less thrilled when they learn about…
In the new Netflix holiday movie, The Knight Before Christmas, Vanessa Hudgens character Brooke tells her skeptical sister, Just because you cant explain something logically doesnt mean it cant happen. Its a tried and true (or exhausted, your call) theme, Emmanuelle Chriqui) sincerely says, Aside from the fact that he thinks hes a knight from…
(CNN)Pope Francis has landed in Japan to begin a four-day tour of the country, the first papal visit to the land in nearly four decades. Gerard Powers, the director of Catholic Peacebuilding Network at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame, said the visit had a personal significance for Francis. “When Pope Francis…
(CNN)The manhunt for a Marine deserter wanted for murder led Roanoke, Virginia, police to shut down all schools in the city Thursday. The RV, located nearby, was secured by a tactical team, he said. Brown was believed to be on foot, perhaps looking for another vehicle, Jones said. In addition to asking Roanoke students, faculty…
The supermodel opens up about friends, enemies, taking on the tabloids and fashions new world order Its no secret that