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Coast Guard abruptly removes policy references to swastikas and nooses being ‘potentially divisive’

The U.S. Coast Guard has scrapped references in its new workplace harassment policy that characterized hate symbols such as swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” following uproar from Congress.
Last month, The Washington Post first reported that the military branch planned to quietly downgrade hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” which meant the Coast Guard may not be required to remove hateful signage even if it was reported by a service member.
The Coast Guard “wanted to strike the ‘potentially divisive’ wording from the document but was unable to do so,” according to the Post, citing two people familiar with the policy.
Following weeks of turmoil over the matter, Homeland Security Kristi Noem, whose agency oversees the Coast Guard, announced Thursday that the wording will be “completely removed from the record so no press outlet, entity or elected official may misrepresent the Coast Guard to politicize their policies and lie about their position on divisive and hate sy..

Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Protests erupt across the country after Renee Good’s death as new footage of shooting released

CloseCell phone footage shows shooting of Renee Good from ICE agent's perspectiveProtests have erupted across the country after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, identified as Jonathan Ross, fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other cities across the U.S., including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Raleigh and Washington, D.C., have turned out this weekend for nonviolent protests, being called “ICE Out For Good.” Photos showed demonstrators holding signs demanding ICE leave their cities or remembering Good’s legacy.
Large anti-ICE protests have been ongoing in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of local and state law enforcement officers. A large crowd formed Saturday in the city’s Powderhorn Park, where protesters have chanted Good’s name and waved signs with slogans like “ICE will melt,” according to CNN.
While the Minneapolis protests have been largely peaceful, at least 29 individuals were arrested Friday evening after a hotel wa..

More events planned for the Kennedy Center are canceled in protest of Trump adding his name to the building

More artists have announced they are backing out of upcoming dates at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in protest of President Donald Trump’s takeover, and recent potentially illegal renaming of the institution as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Jazz supergroup The Cookers announced on its website it will not be performing across a series of two New Year’s Eve concerts.
“Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice,” the group wrote in a statement. “Some of us have been making this music for many decades, and that history still shapes us.”
“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture,” Billy Harper, a saxophonist in the group, reportedly added in a statement to Jazz Stage.
The Doug Varone and Dancers troupe on Monday added that it will n..