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During a Wednesday interview with CNN, big cat advocate Carole Baskin slammed Texas U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.

In video footage taken at the May 2 protest, a tall white man is seen angrily confronting protesters, who were crossing a busy Plano intersection. Scott supporters demanded the man’s arrest and the firing of a police officer they felt did little to intervene. But some conservatives insist that the protesters were in the wrong for obstructing traffic. Many have accused right-wing commentators of fomenting misplaced outrage. Rather than being upset by Scott’s horrific death, which his family described as “torturous,” some conservatives seemed more rattled by potential traffic violations...

Rather than satisfying his opponents’ sweet tooth, West was rubbing sugar in an open wound. Earlier this month, controversy erupted over a since-deleted Facebook post made by the chair of the Democratic Party in Lamar County, located around 116 miles northeast of Dallas. In it, Chair Gary O’Connor used the word “Oreo” in reference to Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, who is Black. The disparaging term is meant to describe a Black person who has adopted the attitudes and behaviors characteristic of white, middle-class society, according to Dictionary.com. After President Joe Biden delive...

“I can’t breathe” has become a rallying cry for supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. Those were the last words uttered by George Floyd, who was killed by Minneapolis police in May 2020. They were also the last words of Eric Garner, a Black man who in 2014 was suffocated to death by a New York City officer. Tensions were high inside the Carroll ISD meeting, where several parents spoke to demand that the board scrap the mask mandate immediately, according to FOX 4 News. One mom said face coverings have caused district students psychological and emotional damage. “These girls a...

It’s the latest in a series of CIA recruitment videos aiming to attract greater diversity among job candidates. The Guardian reported that other videos in the ongoing campaign have included a gay librarian and a blind receptionist. Some have applauded the Latina protagonist for her well-earned accomplishments. Others have mocked the CIA for using anti-racist language, you know, given its history. But Cruz took a different tack. In fact, the ad apparently bothered him so much that he felt the need to tweet about it two days in a row. On Monday, Cruz shared the recruitment video along with ...