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Craigslist sued for hosting discriminatory housing ads
Saturday, February 11, 2006 Craigslist.com, a popular free online classifieds site, has been sued for hosting discriminatory housing ads by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc., a fair housing group. The housing ads cited as objectionable included such statements as “NO MINORITIES,” “Requirements: Clean Godly Christian Male,” and “Only Muslims apply.” […]
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“A commonsense proposal”: Wikinews interviews Michelle Tilley, Campaign Director for Yes on 820
Marijuana plants. Image: Jennifer Martin. Wednesday, February 1, 2023 On March 7, voters in the US state of Oklahoma will decide on State Question 820, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative. If the initiative passes, adults 21 and older could own up to an ounce (28.35 grams) of recreational marijuana and cultivate “not more than six (6) […]
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Turkey mourns flotilla dead
Friday, June 4, 2010 Funerals and prayers for nine activists, who died in Israel’s Gaza flotilla raid, were held in Istanbul on Thursday. Tens of thousands attended the funeral of the nine Turkish nationals, including one teen of dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship. The coffins were draped in Turkish and Palestinian flags. There was widespread anger from […]
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Face-off at Islamabad Mosque
Sunday, July 8, 2007 Since last Tuesday, following violent confrontations with Pakistan’s army, up to 1800 clerics and students are still holed up in Islamabad’s Red Mosque. Clashes began last week following mounting antagonism between the mosques hard-line leaders and the government lead by President Pervez Musharraf. The mosque has been accused of enforcing its […]
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Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer
Thursday, November 8, 2007 Edmund WhiteAll photos: David Shankbone What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the […]
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Proud Boys chapter leader pleads guilty in US Capitol attack
Sunday, April 10, 2022 An unidentified man wearing tactical gear and Proud Boy insignia while carrying a radio transmitter in his vest in Washington, D.C.. hours before the January 6 attack. Image: Elvert Barnes. On Friday, leader of the North Carolina chapter of the Proud Boys organization Charles Donohoe pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy […]
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Disney has high hopes for new ‘Ferb’ Christmas special
Monday, November 9, 2009 The Walt Disney Company has today announced the inclusion of a Christmas special in its animated comedy series Phineas and Ferb. The special, entitled “Phineas and Ferb’s Christmas Vacation,” will follow the series’ protagonists, stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb, trying to spread Christmas cheer across their city after the mad scientist Dr. […]
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Australia: Mat Morgan, Greens candidate in South Gippsland, talks climate, tourism, and local issues with Wikinews
Sunday, September 5, 2021 Mat Morgan, Greens candidate for Coastal-Promontory ward.Image: Australian Greens. Since June 2019, the people of South Gippsland Shire, located at the southernmost tip of Australia, have been without a local council, after a state government inquiry found “high levels of tension” within the council. Administrators were appointed by the Victorian state […]
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FAA orders review of Boeing 787 Dreamliners following week of incidents
Sunday, January 13, 2013 A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits idle on the tarmac at Boston’s Logan International Airport following a electrical fire on board. Image: Patrick Mannion. The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a review Friday into the design and manufacture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, following five incidents in five […]
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Kiribati acquires international funding for solar power
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Solar panel installation in the United States Image: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last Tuesday, AusAID Australia and the World Bank’s Global Environment Fund (GEF) reached an agreement to give the government of Kiribati US$5 million (AU$4,779,000, NZ$5,985,000, €3,885,000) to install solar panels around the country capital, located on the Tarawa atoll. […]