Headlines for July 30, 2024; Biden Proposes Major SCOTUS Reforms, Including Ending Lifetime Appointments & Enforcing Ethics Code; Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States; It’s Not Just “Childless Cat Ladies”: JD Vance Once Described Childless People as “Sociopathic”; Venezuela: Maduro Claims Victory, Accuses Opposition of Coup Attempt Following Disputed Election
Headlines for July 29, 2024; JD Vance Calls Democrats “Childless Cat Ladies”; GOP Opposes Paid Leave, Universal Child Care; “He’s a Weirdo”: Repro Rights Activist on JD Vance’s History of Sexism & White Nationalism; Politico’s Ian Ward on the Thinkers and Groups Who Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview; “Militarism Isn’t a Solution”: Rami Khouri on Rocket Attack in Golan Heights, Israeli Vow of Revenge...
Headlines for July 26, 2024; “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire; Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike & Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues; Paris Olympics Slammed for “Social Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Militarization & Greenwashing
Headlines for July 25, 2024; Over 100 Lawmakers Skip Netanyahu’s Address to Congress Amid Protests over U.S. Support for War in Gaza; Noura Erakat: During Netanyahu Speech, U.S. Lawmakers Cheered “What Is Essentially a War on Children”; “The Only Answer Is Peace”: Israeli and Palestinian Activists Share Vision of Coexistence
Headlines for July 24, 2024; “Terrible Mistake”: Leading Israelis Say Netanyahu’s Invite to Address Congress Rewards Bad Behavior; Not Welcome: Jewish & Palestinian Activists Protest Netanyahu’s Address to Congress, 400 Arrested; “Tragic Beyond Proportions”: Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey’s Killing and Police Cover-Up; “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests
Headlines for July 23, 2024; Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden’s Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza; Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must “Chart a New Path” on Israel-Palestine; “The Prescription Is Ceasefire”: Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza; Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption
Headlines for July 22, 2024; “Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza & More; How to Pick Biden’s Replacement? James Zogby & LaTosha Brown Debate Wisdom of an Open Convention; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Remembered: Opposed Iraq War, Advocated for Juneteenth, Reparations & More; ICJ Rules Israel’s Occupation of West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza Is Illegal: Attorney Diana Buttu Explains
Headlines for July 19, 2024; In “Unity” Speech, Trump Demonizes Migrants, Spreads Lies & Embraces Authoritarianism; Milwaukee Protesters Demand Justice for Samuel Sharpe and D’Vontaye Mitchell; Bishop William Barber: Trump & Republicans Did Not Offer “Unity” at RNC , Only More Lies & Hate; The GOP Is Waging a War on Abortion Rights, But You Wouldn’t Know It If You Watched the RNC ; “Justice for My Brother”: Sister of Samuel Sharpe Speak...
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Headlines for July 18, 2024; Trump’s VP Pick JD Vance Espouses Economic Populism But Will He Actually Be a Working-Class Ally?; JD Vance Criticizes Biden’s Support for Iraq War in 2003 But Pushes Hawkish Policy on China & Iran; “More Radical Than MAGA ”? Politico’s Ian Ward on JD Vance & the Future of the Republican Party; “White Trash” Historian Nancy Isenberg on JD Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” & Class in America; COVID Forces Biden ...
Headlines for July 17, 2024; “Politics of Hate”: Writer Jean Guerrero on Anti-Immigrant Lies and Fearmongering at RNC ; Trump Is Trying to “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record: Clarence Lusane; Jury Convicts NJ Senator Bob Menendez of Taking Bribes from Egypt & Qatar; Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for RNC Kill Unhoused Black Veteran; JD Vance Praised 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones as Truth-Teller in Private 2021 Speech; Milwauke...
Headlines for July 16, 2024; JD Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” & Appalachia’s Shift to the Right: Arlie Russell Hochschild; Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Ex-President on First Day of RNC ; “Genocidal Man” vs. “Fascist Man”: RNC Protesters Decry 2024 Choices, Call for Justice; “He’s a Fake”: Robert Kuttner on How JD Vance Disguises His Anti-Worker Views as Economic Populism; Trump’s VP Pick, JD Van...
Headlines for July 15, 2024; Long Legacy of U.S. Political Violence: RNC Begins in Milwaukee in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt; “An America Awash in Guns”: Brady President Kris Brown on Trump Shooting & the Need for Gun Control; Mawasi Massacre: Over 90 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Tent Camp in Gaza “Safe Zone”; Jeff Sharlet on Trump Assassination Attempt, Authoritarian Violence & Project 2025; Voices of the Unhoused: Poor People’s Army Sets Up Encam...
Headlines for July 12, 2024; In Rare News Conf., Biden Vows to Stay in Race, Defending Record on Ukraine, NATO & More: A Roundtable; “I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will
Headlines for July 11, 2024; Should Biden Step Aside? Wajahat Ali & Norman Solomon Debate Democratic Options for 2024 Race; Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: Netanyahu Is “Trying to Do Everything to Prevent a Deal”
Headlines for July 10, 2024; Report from Gaza: Israel Attacks Schools & Orders Palestinians to Leave Gaza City Amid Ceasefire Talks; Their Goal Is Total Ethnic Cleansing: Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s Expulsion Order for Gaza City; “Peace, Not NATO ”: As Biden Hosts Leaders in D.C., German MP Decries NATO’s 75 Years of War & Hypocrisy
Headlines for July 09, 2024; Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force. He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza; “On the Record with Hamas”: Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About Oct. 7, Ceasefire Talks & Israel
Headlines for July 08, 2024; As Labour Wins in U.K., Party’s Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn Wins as Independent in Revolt over Gaza Policy; “Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground; “The Whole Country of France Has Won”: Far Right Blocked from Power as Left Surges; Iran’s New Reformist President Promises More Freedom, Better Relations with the West
“The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault; “Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Birding While Black & the Central Park Incident
“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech; Hope and Resistance: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century
Headlines for July 03, 2024; Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis; “This Must End”: Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System; How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee
Headlines for July 02, 2024; “A King Above the Law”: Supreme Court Rules Presidents Have Broad Immunity from Prosecution; Lula Visits Chomsky Recovering from Stroke: “You Are One of the Most Influential People in My Life”; Vijay Prashad: Resource-Rich Congo Still Fighting for Its Own Wealth 64 Years After Independence
Headlines for July 01, 2024; Far Right in France “On the Doorstep of Power” as National Rally Surges in Snap Election; “Power Grab”: SCOTUS Overturns 4 Decades of Federal Regulatory Control, Hands Power to Courts; Phone Hacking, Stolen Info: New Washington Post Publisher’s Ties to Murdoch Papers Raise Alarm; “Uncharted Territory”: Biden Vows to Stay in the Race Despite Public’s Doubts About His Health
Headlines for June 28, 2024; “Step Aside Joe”: After First Pres. Debate, Democrats Reeling from Biden Missteps & Trump Lies; “Taking Black Jobs”? Economists Darrick Hamilton & Dean Baker on Inflation & Taxes in Pres. Debate; 2024 Debate: Trump Lies About Abortions After Birth as Biden Fails to Defend Reproductive Rights; Biden-Trump Debate: Silky Shah on How Both Candidates Scapegoat Immigrants, Promote Xenophobic Myths; Biden Boasts of Israel Support in Gaza ...
Headlines for June 27, 2024; Kenya Protests: Police Abduct Activists as Pres. Ruto Rejects Tax Bill Linked to Foreign Debt Crisis; The Gaza Project: Investigation Details Israel’s “Unprecedented” Targeting of Palestinian Journalists; Gaza Journalist Shrouq Aila on Continuing to Report After Journalist Husband Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Headlines for June 26, 2024; “Julian Is Free”: Assange Back Home in Australia After Taking U.S. Plea Deal in “Espionage” Case; “A Big Deal”: Julian Assange’s Release Welcomed by Australian Senator After Grassroots Campaign; Julian Assange’s Release “Averted a Press Freedom Catastrophe” But Still Set Bad Precedent: Jameel Jaffer; Auma Obama, Sister of Pres. Obama, on Kenyan Police Attacks on Youth-Led Tax Protests, 22+ Killed
Headlines for June 25, 2024; Julian Assange Is Free: WikiLeaks Founder’s Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Decadelong Legal Saga; Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Julian Assange’s Release, But Warn of Impact of Plea Deal; Journalist Antony Loewenstein on Assange’s Release, WikiLeaks & Israeli Drones Killing Gaza Reporters; NYC Congestion Pricing: Advocates Slam NY Gov for Halting Plan to Reduce Emissions, Fund Mass Transit
Headlines for June 24, 2024; AIPAC vs. Jamaal Bowman: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Pro-Israel Lobby Push to Defeat Pro-Ceasefire Lawmaker; “These Are Not Just Threats”: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Project 2025 & Dangers of a Second Trump Term; Will Israel Expand Its War into Lebanon? Rami Khouri on Netanyahu’s Latest Threats; Meet Maha Hussaini, Gaza Journalist Whose Courage Award Was Rescinded After Pro-Israel Smear Campaign
Headlines for June 21, 2024; “The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault; “Green Border”: Agnieszka Holland’s New Film Shows “Impossible Choices” Facing Refugees in Europe
Headlines for June 20, 2024; Meet Nadia Milleron: Her Daughter Was Killed in 2019 Boeing Crash, Now She’s Running for Congress; Pentagon Ran a Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China at the Height of the Pandemic: Reuters; First Illinois Latina Rep. Praises Biden’s New Immigration Executive Order But Slams Border Shutdown; “Congress Is Not for Sale”: Rep. Ramirez Slams AIPAC -Led Campaign Against Jamaal Bowman in NY Primary
