Hovering above Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Dallas, a provocative billboard makes a controversial claim in black and red block letters: “Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. VOTE REPUBLICAN!” It’s a claim, and a voter registration tactic, that has been used before, despite a decidedly mixed reactions from community members who see it. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – An Election Day billboard battle rages on in Cleveland. A number of “Voting Fraud is a Felony” billboards were placed in inner city neighborhoods several weeks ago. The billboards, which many saw as an act of voter intimidation, were paid for by an anonymous, out-of-state client. Amid a growing number of complaints […]
Booze and binge drinking — it’s the stuff hip hop videos are made of, along with a disproportionate number of advertisements African-American youth are exposed to, a new study shows. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are shedding new light on a longstanding concern that alcohol marketers are honing in (and […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In response to reports of the $13 million gap in Cleveland’s public school budget, PETA has sent a letter to Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon with a suggestion that could help the district’s budget, its students’ health, and animals on factory farms all at the same time: Open the […]