South Park changes name to South America in response to Trump changes

Satirical program’s new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump’s requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/08/south-park-changes-name-to-south-america-trump

 

Judge orders Virginia county to replace Confederate names it restored to schools in 2024 | PBS News

Confederate army officers' names are "vestiges" of Shenandoah County's segregationist history that required separate schools for Black and white students. 

"The Confederate names were restored with complete awareness of their historic legacy and ongoing discriminatory impact," Urbanski wrote…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-orders-virginia-county-to-replace-confederate-names-it-restored-to-schools-in-2024

 

Wait ’Til You’re Dead, Donald | Paula Poundstone

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bV-PZZeuQPY

 

House Dem identifies ‘wealthy, powerful men’ DOJ redacted in Epstein files - Live Updates - POLITICO

"Why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the Justice Department to get these six men's identities to become public?" he asked from the House floor. "And if we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files."…

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/10/congress/ro-khanna-names-names-00774551 

 

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

In a letter to Robinson, Butler said that forwarding community members' names to the government was a "well-known practice from the McCarthy Era": 

"We should not be naive. Will those of us named now be branded on a government list? Will our travel be restricted? Will our email communications be surveilled? 

 "It is a time to resist injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to bullying tactics of extortion at the expense of basic standards that govern shared governance, institutional autonomy, due process, and fair review," they continued. "To allow universities to be bossed by political operatives in this way undermines the basic ideals of the university as well as [its] important links to the future of critical thought, dissent, and democracy."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/uc-berkeley-trump-administration-antisemitism

 

These names are beyond crazy

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uvRJC9dlP9Q

Biases against Black-sounding first names can lead to discrimination in hiring, especially when employers make decisions in a hurry − new research

We found that the names of workers perceived as Black, such as Shanice or Terell, were more likely to elicit negative presumptions, such as being less educated, productive, trustworthy and reliable, than people with either white-sounding names, such as Melanie or Adam, or racially ambiguous names, such as Krystal or Jackson…

https://theconversation.com/biases-against-black-sounding-first-names-can-lead-to-discrimination-in-hiring-especially-when-employers-make-decisions-in-a-hurry-new-research-208423

NYT prints names of 1,000 COVID-19 fatalities on the front page — 1% of US coronavirus deaths – Raw Story

America’s COVID-19 death toll was put into context on the cover of Sunday’s New York Times. The banner headline reads, “U.S. deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss.” “They were not simply names on a list. They were us,” the subhead reads.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/nyt-prints-names-of-1000-covid-19-fatalities-on-the-front-page-1-of-us-coronavirus-deaths/

This list of lives lost in mass shootings grows longer. Here are their names. - The Washington Post: Opinion

We remember the names of those lost in the Nov. 7 mass shooting in California and call for the new Congress to act.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-list-of-lives-lost-in-mass-shootings-grows-longer-here-are-their-names/2018/11/16/ef545246-e9fe-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html