Tag Archives: woke

Donald Trump launched a vitriolic attack against Tom Hanks for supposedly being “destructive” and “woke” after one of America’s most beloved actors was snubbed without much explanation by West Point last week. On his social media site on Monday, the US president applauded the alumni association of the US Military Academy (or West Point) for abruptly calling off a ceremony …

Column | His art is inspired by Rubens and Valazquez. Trump says it’s woke.  The Washington Post The Artist Whose Fauci Portraits Enraged the White House  Hyperallergic Rio Grande Valley Artist Responds to White House Denunciation  Glasstire Trump targets art again—this time, a Texas painter’s take on immigration  Chron Local artist Crosthwaite on White House list of objectionable art  KPBS Source link

A battalion of transportation workers armed with cans of black paint has been deployed to open a new front in Ron DeSantis’s “war on woke”, while young students trying to make their schools safer have joined the LGBTQ+ community as targets of Florida’s Republican governor. The saga began with the state moving in the dead of night to paint over …

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal syndrome, a severe allergy to red meat and other animal products. The ticks, which are also on the rise elsewhere in the United States, can transmit the sometimes-life-threatening …

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal syndrome, a severe allergy to red meat and other animal products. The ticks, which are also on the rise elsewhere in the United States, can transmit the sometimes-life-threatening …

After suffering more than a week of online backlash to its new streamlined logo design — and a sharp drop in its stock price — the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain agreed to use its old logo. “We said we would listen, and we have,” the company announced in a statement. “Our new logo is going away and our ‘Old Timer’ …

After suffering a week of online backlash to its new streamlined logo design — and a 9% drop in its stock price — the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain finally responded to critics Monday in a statement admitting it “could’ve done a better job sharing who we are and who we’ll always be.” By Tuesday, no less of a branding expert …

Kennedy Center’s New Dance Director Criticized ‘Woke’ Ballet Culture  The New York Times Kennedy Center names new director of dance programming, days after former staff firings  NPR Kennedy Center workers union says dance programming employees were fired without warning  WJLA Kennedy Center cuts dance programming team, as top producers depart  The Washington Post Kennedy Center Theatre Producer Jeffrey Finn Steps Down  Playbill Source link

After suffering a week of online backlash to its new streamlined logo design — and a 9% drop in its stock price — the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain finally responded to critics Monday in a statement admitting it “could’ve done a better job sharing who we are and who we’ll always be.” “If the last few days have shown us …

If the Cracker Barrel market puke has anything to teach Wall Street, it’s that investors who are deciding where to put their money must add corporate “wokeness” to their menu of risks to ­digest. In fact, making “woke” an investing risk factor — in some cases as important as the direction of interest rates and inflation — seems so obvious …