Month: July 2018

Charles Davis, the dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia, issued a formal apology after he tweeted out that GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp is a “nice guy.”

Source: Breitbart News

In Donal Ryan’s new novel, recently longlisted for the Booker Prize, a Syrian doctor settles in Ireland, where his life intersects with two other shattered men.

Source: NYT > Books

Beth Macy’s “Dopesick” describes the opioid epidemic that is killing thousands every year.

Source: NYT > Books

New Los Angeles Laker LeBron James sat down with CNN’s Don Lemon to discuss the opening of an Akron elementary school for at-risk children and politics Monday. The outspoken star accused President Donald Trump of using “sport to divide” races by being vocal in his disdain for the National Anthem protests — something James has said before. LeBron James (@KingJames) says Trump’s trying to use sport to divide people, but he believes it brings people together. He sits down with @donlemon at the opening of his new elementary school for at-risk children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. Watch 10pET https://t.co/koTK4RarqE pic.twitter.com/CQYsTz2Fzl — CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2018 “We’re in a position right now in America where this whole race thing is taking over. One, because I believe our president is trying to divide us,” James told Lemon. “He’s dividing us, and what I’ve noticed over the last few months is that he’s kind of used sport to kind of divide us. That’s something that I can’t relate to because I know that sport was the first time I ever was around someone white. I got an opportunity to see them and learn about them, and they got an opportunity

Source: Breitbart News

The Republican National Committee (RNC) approved a resolution that would require parents to consent to their children’s participation in public school sex ed curricula only through an “opt in” process rather than one that invites parents to “opt out.”

Source: Breitbart News