3+ week, 5+ day ago   (780+ words) Manar Lubbad changed many lives. She was among over 1,100 Palestinians who’ve been killed since the so-called ceasefire. For many outside Gaza, it seemed as if the war had ended. For those of us inside Gaza, death did not stop; it…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (363+ words) The president claims that the strait is “under USA control,” but that assertion is widely disputed. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself. The waterway that borders the western…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (744+ words) Rights groups said it was a likely war crime that helped build evidence for Israel’s practice of using starvation as a weapon in Gaza. The Israeli commander who ordered the strike on World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (872+ words) Organizers in San Francisco are fighting to reclaim Gene Compton’s Cafeteria from GEO Group. The first recorded instance of militant resistance to police harassment by queer people in the country turns 60 this month, but it isn’t widely known. Three years…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (226+ words) The ruling sets the stage for further free speech protections for those who help abortion seekers who cross state lines. The national legal landscape has become just a little bit brighter for those who have been working tirelessly to help…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (330+ words) RFK Jr. mocked vaccinations in Lancaster County. Now two are dead of measles, and Pennsylvania’s outbreak is spreading. Five years ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to Amish country, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to address a large anti-vaccination crowd. It…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (258+ words) Philosopher George Yancy analyzes the contemporary expression of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the “entrails of whiteness.” This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Josh Friedberg: Let’s start with the letter you wrote in 2015, “Dear White America.” What…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (920+ words) Supporters of Trump-sanctioned individuals or entities face maximums of $1 million in fines and 20 years imprisonment. The United States has long endeavored to undermine the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Donald Trump has taken the assault to a new level…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (533+ words) Fetterman also once asked the Israeli ambassador to send him talking points to include in a pro-Israel op-ed. A new exposé on conservative Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has revealed that he has been abdicating almost all of his Senate…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) Eddie Melton, the mayor of the majority-Black city, says infrastructure must be hardened ahead of future severe storms. As climate change worsens wildfires, a gutted US Forest Service is struggling to keep up. This is what happens when a government…...