Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.
One of Chotiner’s best interviews ran this past November. A leader of the militant West Bank settlement movement told him that Jews have a sacred duty to occupy all the land between “the Euphrates in the east and the Nile in the southwest,” that nothing west of the Jordan River was ever “Arab place or property,” and...
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
..._The NGO also said in a statement that the Israeli regime set several conditions forbidding the freed prisoners and their families from speaking to the media, receiving guests or distributing sweets....
Hundreds of advocates, turned away from the Oakland courtroom due to capacity issues, called on President Biden to end military aid to Israel, as Palestinian deaths mount....
Israel continues to paint itself as a pro-LGBTQ haven in the Middle East, using this alleged tolerance as justification for its genocide in Gaza. Queer activists around the world are pushing back.
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital.”...
A bill set to be introduced next month would ban consuming or producing sexual content and punish offenders with prison sentences of up to 20 years and $25,000 fines.
Washington State, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.
Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis.
Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with ‘White Privilege Knapsack’ (nypost.com)
Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.
Columbia Suspends Pro-Palestine Student Groups Amid Crackdown on Free Speech (truthout.org)
“No one should participate in any Columbia events until SJP and JVP are reinstated,” one civil rights attorney wrote....
GOP Congressman Says Dead Palestinian Babies Aren’t All That Innocent (newrepublic.com)
Republican Representative Brian Mast is questioning the innocence of babies killed in Gaza.
Jon Hamm worked with a nippleologist (www.avclub.com)
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Nasa asked to help in the search for Loch Ness Monster as live webcams set up (www.independent.co.uk)
Palestinian teen shot dead during Israeli West Bank raid, Wafa news agency reports (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid in the occupied West Bank...
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The Neglected History of the State of Israel (prospect.org)
One of Chotiner’s best interviews ran this past November. A leader of the militant West Bank settlement movement told him that Jews have a sacred duty to occupy all the land between “the Euphrates in the east and the Nile in the southwest,” that nothing west of the Jordan River was ever “Arab place or property,” and...
Police beatings of pro-Palestinian schoolchildren spark outrage in Italy (www.deccanherald.com)
Texas man changes his name to ‘Literally Anybody Else’ and launches presidential bid (www.independent.co.uk)
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’ (www.wired.com)
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
Mixed feelings for Palestinians freed from Israeli jails amid death and destruction (www.presstv.ir)
..._The NGO also said in a statement that the Israeli regime set several conditions forbidding the freed prisoners and their families from speaking to the media, receiving guests or distributing sweets....
Ben Gvir slams ICJ as antisemitic, says Israel should ignore ruling on provisional measures (www.timesofisrael.com)
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Lawsuit Seeking to Stop US Aid to Israel Has First Court Hearing in Oakland | KQED (www.kqed.org)
Hundreds of advocates, turned away from the Oakland courtroom due to capacity issues, called on President Biden to end military aid to Israel, as Palestinian deaths mount....
No Pride in Genocide: Calling Out Israel’s Pinkwashing (www.yesmagazine.org)
Israel continues to paint itself as a pro-LGBTQ haven in the Middle East, using this alleged tolerance as justification for its genocide in Gaza. Queer activists around the world are pushing back.
In Egypt, Wang Yi calls for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian statehood (www.scmp.com)
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital.”...
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal (www.wsj.com)
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents...
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sought Court-Approved Abortion (www.nytimes.com)
Hours before the ruling, a group representing the woman, whose fetus received a fatal diagnosis, said she was leaving Texas for an abortion.
Oklahoma proposal would make watching porn a felony, ban sexting outside marriage (nypost.com)
A bill set to be introduced next month would ban consuming or producing sexual content and punish offenders with prison sentences of up to 20 years and $25,000 fines.
Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy (www.nytimes.com)
Washington State, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.
Ukraine floats the theory it may have been tricked into shooting down the plane Russia says was full of Ukrainian POWs (www.businessinsider.com)
-A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine....
Explained: Why truckers are blockading the EU's border with Ukraine (www.euronews.com)
Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis.
Wisconsin state representative says abortion isn’t health care and he knows because he was a veterinarian (heartlandsignal.com)
‘Everything indicates’ Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says (www.politico.eu)
‘I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers,’ says minister.