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Kid Rock calls out Taylor Swift for political motives with sexist jab
Yesterday, in her Vogue cover story interview, Taylor Swift addressed her decision to stay silent about politics during the 2016 election. Today, Kid Rock responded to the singer’s statement, tossing in a sexist jab that brought immediate criticism from Swift’s fans. You can see Kid Rock’s tweets below. Read more: Lostprophets ex-singer’s prison time extended for […]
NAACP mounts Facebook boycott amid reports of discrimination
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is urging a boycott of Facebook today after two new reports show Russian trolls specifically targeted black communities on the platform during the 2016 election. The reports (from Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and cybersecurity firm New Knowledge) confirm previous suspicions of Russian meddling in […]
OPINION: Like the 2016 election, expect the unexpected in Trump-era punk
[Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons] As the news reported that Donald Trump would be the president-elect in 2016, I noticed a “consolation prize” narrative appear in my social media feeds. The sentiment prevalent in many aging liberals was that Trump and the “alt-right” may have won, but at least we’ll see a return to the urgent […]
Hear Koji's new political single, inspired by Donald Trump (exclusive)
Activism is nothing new to singer/songwriter Koji. Back in AP 280, he penned an op-ed about overcoming discrimination. Now, he’s put his musical skills to political work with a new song, “Keeping Count,” inspired by presidential candidate Donald Trump, and has teamed up with AP to release it. The song is being released just in […]
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