In October 2019, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) led a House subcommittee hearing on the effects of anti-government extremism on federal land management officials. The Government Accountability Office had recently documented more than 350 incidents of threats and assaults targeting land management employees between 2013 and 2017. As the watchdog group […]
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What to call Capitol extremists, and brands choose silence: Thursday Wake-Up Call
Just briefly Stepping up: Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, succeeds Facebook’s David Fischer as chair of the Ad Council’s board of directors. She’ll serve an 18-month term, which will cover the Ad Council’s COVID-19 vaccine PSA effort. BUeno buyout: Twitter acquired creative agency Ueno, which was […]
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France to investigate 76 mosques suspected of ‘separatism’ in ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on Islamist extremists
France’s response to terror attacks perpetrated by Muslims caused outrage in many Islamic countries (file photo) – FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images France’s embattled interior minister on Thursday announced raids on dozens of mosques suspected of Islamist extremism following Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to fight “separatism” in the wake of terror […]