A new Dartmouth course entitled “The Orlando Syllabus” aims to “address[es] the emergence of ‘toxic masculinity,’ mass violence, racism, and homophobia in the aftermath of the shootings in Orlando, Fla.”
Luis Gutierrez Wants GOP’s ‘Dirty, Filthy Hands Off of Planned Parenthood’
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) tells Democracy Now! viewers that he wants Democrats to come together to ensure abortion business Planned Parenthood is protected from defunding by Republicans.
History Professors Unconcerned With Lack of U.S. History Requirement
A new report has found that history majors at most of America’s top universities are not required to take a United States history course.
Poll: Clinton Bests Trump by Three in Pennsylvania
Hillary Clinton is beating Donald Trump by three points in Pennsylvania, according to a Public Policy poll released Monday.
Without Unified, Federal Regulations for Digital Currencies, the U.S. Risks Falling Behind
The divided regulatory policies and frameworks on digital currencies, including Bitcoin, in the United States have created an impractical…
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Silicon Valley IPO Dam Just Broke
Silicon Valley has been suffering a tech IPO drought, but the dam may have broken after data software company Talend, Inc. jumped 42 percent on its first day of trading. Talend raised $94.5 million in its July 29 initial public offering (IPO) by pricing its shares at $18. The stock jumped to $25.50 by the end of the first day of trading. Buoyed by strong July performances of Talend and LINE Corp., Twilio in June, and Acacia Communications in May, new IPOs are expected to flood the markets with at least another 10 Silicon Valley companies are expected to complete IPOs in the second half of this year. The Silicon Valley IPO “pixie dust” money machine roared from 2011 through 2015. Increasingly lucrative profits from IPOs caused late-stage private financings to surge from $8.9 billion in 2013 to $16 billion in 2015, according to the National Venture Capital Association. Tech venture capitalists showed their new financial prowess by writing checks for over $1 billion to Uber, Airbnb, SpaceX and SoFi. By late 2015, there were 163 venture-backed private companies that reached the $1 billion valuation, where so-called tech “unicorns” traditionally looked to go public. An exuberant Adley Bowden, vice president at
Employees Quit San Francisco Jobs over Cost of Living
The housing affordability crisis in the Bay Area is causing many small businesses to lose the most important part of their operations — their employees.
CNN’s Zeleny: Comey Didn’t Say Clinton Told the Truth About Her Email, He Testified Many of Her Answers to Public ‘Were False’
During a report on Monday’s broadcast of “The Lead,” CNN Senior Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny stated that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s claim that the FBI backed up her answers about her emails wasn’t true, and that the agency’s Director James Comey testified “that many claims Clinton had made to the public were false.” After playing a clip of Clinton maintaining during her “Fox News Sunday” interview that Comey said her answers about her email were “truthful.” Zeleny said, “That’s not exactly true. FBI Director James Comey has said there’s no evidence Clinton lied to the FBI, but he didn’t say she’d been truthful to the American people. He called her handling of classified information ‘extremely careless.’ The Washington Post fact checker gave her answer a failing grade of four Pinocchios. And during congressional hearings, Republican Chairman [Representative] Trey Gowdy (R-SC) got Comey to testify that many claims Clinton had made to the public were false.” Zeleny then played a clip of Comey testifying that Clinton’s claim that she turned over all her work-related emails to the State Department was not true, and “thousands” were not returned. Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
‘Ghostbusters’ Video Game Developers File for Bankruptcy 3 Days After Game’s Release
The developers of the official Ghostbusters video game have gone bankrupt just three days after the game was released, it has been revealed.