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Source: DREW ANGERER / Getty Google has updated the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” for U.S. users following a formal update by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The change follows President Trump’s directive on Jan. 20, his first day in office. The executive order instructed the Department of the Interior to take all steps necessary to make the change official. The department said […]

Source: Dennis Macdonald / Getty It often seems that no matter how much evidence there is that the justice system is systemically biased against Black people, the bar for proving racial discrimination in said system only ever gets higher. And it’s even more of an uphill battle to prove racial discrimination happened when the alleged victim of that discrimination actually is a criminal who committed a horrible crime. Well, on […]

Source: charnsitr / Getty A new bill in Ohio would make unprotected casual sex a felony for men, says state Rep. Anita Somani. The “Conception Begins at Erection Act” has been proposed by Somani and state Rep. Tristan Rader. The two democrats believe that men should hold the same legal culpability that women do for unwanted pregnancies. “You don’t get pregnant on your own,” Somani said.” “If you’re going to […]

A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene. Deborah W. Parker, University of Virginia “Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself from most librarians. She stood out for other reasons, too. […]