A golf company posted a thirty-second ad this month showing a man shoving a woman to the ground over a driver, and within days, two corporate apologies and a boycott campaign were already dominating the sports news cycle. Meanwhile, a North Carolina woman still lives with a brain injury and a paralyzed side of her body from a volleyball spike thrown by a male athlete competing as a woman, and the same cultural institutions that moved at internet speed to condemn a fictional shove have spent years questioning whether she is telling the truth.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a bill that expands the state's address-protection program to those working in immigration services. Critics of the bill says it impedes journalists and investigations, while supporters believe it protects workers from threats.
