Zach Stafford
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New York, NY, United States
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Disney's late and tepid opposition to 'Don't Say Gay' bill justifies employee walk-out
A group of Disney employees plans a series of walkouts Tuesday to express its outrage at the company’s reluctance to condemn Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. → Read More
Jussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes
Jussie Smollett was found guilty of faking a hate crime he said was committed by men yelling "This is MAGA country!" and using racist and homophobic slurs. → Read More
Critical race theory panic is largely about white parents holding on to mythologies
Critical race theory panic is highest in places where diversity is greatest. The Virginia governor's race showed how that panic plays out with voters. → Read More
'School-to-prison pipeline' for Black children on shocking display in Tennessee
Black children jailed in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, for not stopping a fight between younger children, highlight 'school-to-prison pipeline' → Read More
LGBTQ community has reason to doubt Liz Cheney's new support for gay rights
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said on "60 Minutes" that she was wrong to have opposed same-sex marriage and that she supports LGBTQ rights. → Read More
Is Pride 2021 forgetting its anti-police violence roots?
Pride 2021 continues the debate about whether uniformed police officers should be allowed to march in the Parade. It's becoming more complicated than it needs to be. → Read More
Faking your own hate crime? The strange case of Jussie Smollett – podcast
Now all charges have been dropped against the actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack, we look at the issues surrounding the case. Plus: Lucy Knight on being gay and a Christian → Read More
An Iranian Gay Man Almost Didn’t Get Back Into the States
He came home from a cruise only to find out Trump’s Muslim ban had passed. → Read More
Why Men Should Go to the Women’s Marches
It’s time to let women lead and support them in doing so. → Read More
More anti-Trump action planned after second night of protests across US
Activists say they are weighing up their next moves, as hundreds of people take to the streets again following election of Donald Trump → Read More
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump harnessed anti-establishment anger
Vermont senator vows to work with president-elect on helping workers but oppose him elsewhere, as demonstrations take place in cities across country → Read More
Donald Trump's shock victory sparks protests across America
Anti-Trump activists launched impromptu protests criticizing the racism, sexism and xenophobia that they say the president-elect has made mainstream → Read More
LGBT people face discrimination over domestic violence claims, report finds
Study finds serious issues with LGBT and HIV-affected people gaining access to emergency shelters and encountering ‘hostile’ or ‘indifferent’ police → Read More
Privilege, policing and living while black in Chicago's white north side
Zach Stafford explains the absurdity of a city where two worlds can co-exist yet never intersect against the backdrop of increasing gun violence and racism → Read More
The Oprah Winfrey Show: 'Hour-long life lessons' that changed TV forever
The daytime host, whose talk show started 30 years ago this week, set herself apart with a style that was compassionate, empathetic and ultimately uplifting → Read More
Her Story: the transgender-themed web series up for a 'shock' Emmy
Jen Richards hoped her show about trans women looking for love in LA would change media perceptions – and it succeeded more than she could imagine → Read More
Chicago police shoot at black man in car chase before killing him, video shows
Paul O’Neal, 18, shown unarmed in body camera footage from 28 July despite accusations that he was opening fire at officers, who fatally shot him in the back → Read More
Chicago protesters occupy Homan Square for eighth day to demand closure
Groups affiliated with Black Lives Matter set up encampment in secretive detention and police facility, and say they will stay until demands are met → Read More
Navy sailor charged in death of black transgender woman in Mississippi
Security footage released by local police shows sailor Dwanya Hickerson leaving the hotel where Dee Whigham is believed to have been stabbed to death → Read More
Transgender woman settles case against hotel that got her jailed for eight days
Meagan Taylor was arrested last July in Iowa while staying at Drury Inn with a friend after staff called police to report ‘two men’ engaged in prostitution → Read More