A journalist whose family was targeted by Nazi Germany was fired from his position as an editorial board member for The Seattle Times after he was accused of “defending” Adolf Hitler on Twitter.
David Josef Volodzko began his career as a university lecturer but decided to switch to journalism to report on injustices throughout the world. He has spent the past 15 years covering stories about refugees, prisoners of war, and war itself. In an essay about his firing posted
Last month, the surgeon general released a lengthy advisory calling attention to social media and its effects on the mental health of teenagers. Historically, a warning from the surgeon general pointed a big neon sign at an issue that we might not be sure how much to worry about: cigarettes, AIDS, drunk driving. But people are already worried about social media—and they’re acting on those concerns. School districts are suing social-media companies for “knowingly” harming children. Legislators are grilling tech-company
A YouTube-famous family with more than 13 million subscribers has prompted fury after comparing abortion to the Holocaust a new ‘tone-deaf’ documentary released on their popular channel.
Cole, 25, and Savannah LaBrant, 29 – a married couple who run the YouTube channel The LaBrant Fam – are facing furious backlash over a new ‘pro-love documentary’ video in which they compared the number of people who have had abortions to the number of people who were tragically killed during the Holocaust.
