| No Images? Click here  Friday, September 20WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT ‘INVOLVES UKRAINE’ A whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump involves Ukraine, according to reports in The New York Times and The Washington Post. The complaint to Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson claims Trump made troubling “promises” during communications with a foreign leader. [HuffPost]THERE IS NO PLANET B Millions of young people around the world began stepping out on Friday to support dramatic climate action in the second mass climate protest this year. In March, more than 1.4 million young people around the world were inspired in large part by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who staged a solo protest in her native Sweden. [HuffPost]WOMAN SAYS YANG FIRED HER FOR BEING MARRIED A former employee of Manhattan Prep says that Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang fired her in 2007 when he was the school’s CEO because he did not believe she would want to “continue working as hard” after she was married. [HuffPost]TRUDEAU BLACKFACE FORCES RECKONING Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carefully crafted public image as a global leader in inclusiveness and multiculturalism was swiftly shattered when a racist photo of him smiling in brownface and a turban went public. [HuffPost]2 DEAD AS TROPICAL STORM IMELDA STRANDS DRIVERS The slow-churning remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda flooded parts of Texas, leaving at least two people dead. Rescue crews with boats scrambled to reach stranded drivers and families trapped in their homes during a relentless downpour that drew comparisons to Hurricane Harvey two years ago. [AP]TEPCO EXECS NOT GUILTY IN FUKUSHIMA MELTDOWN A Japanese court ruled that three former executives for Tokyo Electric Power Co. were not guilty of professional negligence in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. It was the only criminal trial in the power plant meltdown that has kept tens of thousands of residents away from their homes because of lingering radiation. [AP] A global HuffPost project on everything you ever wanted to know about therapy, whether you've been once or 100 times. MCCONNELL BACKS ELECTION SECURITY FUNDING Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced an amendment that would give $250 million to states to beef up voting systems after months of criticism that he was standing in the way of attempts to strengthen election security. [HuffPost]TRUMP GOT ‘PLAYED’ BY NETANYAHU Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Israeli officials “played” Trump during talks, using “misinformation” to manipulate him. He warned that a “healthy amount of skepticism” is necessary when dealing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [HuffPost]U.S. JUDGE BLOCKS CALI’S TRUMP TAX RETURN LAW A federal judge temporarily blocked a new California law aimed at forcing Trump to release his tax returns in order to be on the ballot for reelection. Both the Trump campaign and the GOP sued the state over the law’s constitutionality. [HuffPost]CONGRESS IS BAILING OUT TRUMP’S FARM BAILOUT Democrats are doing the Trump administration a favor that Republicans wouldn’t have done for Obama. Trump has given so much extra money to American farms harmed by his trade war that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is nearing a legal limit. House Democrats voted for a measure that keeps the bailouts flowing. [HuffPost]TRUMP SUES TO BLOCK RELEASE OF TAX RETURNS Trump filed a lawsuit against Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and Mazars USA, the president’s longtime accounting firm, in an attempt to prevent his tax returns from being released. [HuffPost]
Businessman Ralph Taylor, who learned he is 4% Black from a DNA test, is classified as Black by his state government and White by the federal government. This racial inconsistency means he’s eligible for affirmative action programs in Washington state, but not in Washington, D.C. But critics say he’s abusing the program and undermining the very concept of racial identity.
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