April 1, 2019

Business and Technology, Winds of Change

Google drops LGBT+ 'conversion therapy' app after outcry

April 1, 2019

Business and Technology, Winds of Change

Google has removed an app that advised people on “recovery from same-sex attraction” from its download store after one of the United States’ top LGBT+ charities suspended the tech company from a gay and transgender rights ranking.

Christina Dideriksen

March 28, 2019

Business and Technology, Fear and Loathing

U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app

Christina Dideriksen

March 28, 2019

Business and Technology, Fear and Loathing

Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016, after a U.S. government national security panel raised concerns about its ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.

Christina Dideriksen

March 25, 2019

Fear and Loathing, Winds of Change, Business and Technology

US: Chick-fil-A donated to anti-LGBTQ group that bars employees from ‘homosexual acts’

Christina Dideriksen

March 25, 2019

Fear and Loathing, Winds of Change, Business and Technology

The group gave $1.8 million to discriminatory groups in 2017, despite reportedly claiming it was winding down that practice last year.

Christina Dideriksen

March 25, 2019

Winds of Change, Sports and Culture, Business and Technology

Myanmar: Seeing yourself on the big screen

Christina Dideriksen

March 25, 2019

Winds of Change, Sports and Culture, Business and Technology

Shin Thant tried to create a metaphor for the experience of feeling culturally excluded and vilified on the big screen.

Christina Dideriksen

March 23, 2019

Business and Technology, Regarding Religion

US: 25 Donor Networks Worth $1B Pledge to Cut Funds From 'Hate Groups,' Citing SPLC

Christina Dideriksen

March 23, 2019

Business and Technology, Regarding Religion

This week, 25 donor networks worth more than $1 billion launched the "Hate Is Not Charitable" campaign, to cut off funds from organizations marked as "hate groups"

Christina Dideriksen

March 22, 2019

Business and Technology, Politics of Union

Hong Kong is no closer to legalising same-sex marriage

Christina Dideriksen

March 22, 2019

Business and Technology, Politics of Union

says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam

Christina Dideriksen

March 22, 2019

Business and Technology, Winds of Change

US: Campaign Urges DAF Providers Not to Give to Hate Groups

Christina Dideriksen

March 22, 2019

Business and Technology, Winds of Change

Twenty-five foundations and other philanthropic entities on Tuesday issued a call to urge organizations that house donor-advised funds to enact policies that prevent donors from earmarking grants to nonprofits that are considered hate groups and to urge supporters to demand that their DAF providers adopt such policies.

Christina Dideriksen

March 21, 2019

Business and Technology, Regarding Religion, World of Politics, Fear and Loathing

US: Biggest Christian Charity Reportedly Channeled $56.1 Million to Purported Hate Groups

Christina Dideriksen

March 21, 2019

Business and Technology, Regarding Religion, World of Politics, Fear and Loathing

“This is like a shell-game funnel of corporate money.”

Christina Dideriksen

March 20, 2019

World of Politics, Business and Technology, Regarding Religion

US: America’s Biggest Christian Charity Funnels Tens of Millions to Hate Groups

Christina Dideriksen

March 20, 2019

World of Politics, Business and Technology, Regarding Religion

The National Christian Foundation passed along $56 million from anonymous individuals to nearly two dozen anti-LGBT and anti-Muslim hate groups over the last three years on record.