BROADCASTING FOR INDEPENDENCE
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Like many, I have watched with horror as cynical state actors and the legacy of Palestinian dispossession and settler colonialism have fueled the latest conflagration across Israel/Palestine. Underwriting the cheap…
A number of right-wing websites and commentators are criticizing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) for her decision to continue wearing a mask after being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. But…
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez labeled Israel an apartheid country over the weekend, writing, “Apartheid states are not democracies,” she made international headlines. And Missouri Rep. Cori Bush promptly echoed her…
President Joe Biden has said he’s “prepared to compromise” as Republicans prepare to deliver their latest counterproposal in ongoing infrastructure negotiations with the White House. Progressives are asking why. Beyond…
Israeli airstrikes in the center of the occupied Gaza Strip on Monday caused severe damage to the territory’s lone coronavirus testing lab and the offices of the Palestinian Ministry of…
President Joe Biden announced on Monday that his administration will be sharing 80 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with other countries, adding 20 million to the total amount of vaccines…
The Biden administration announced on Monday that direct monthly payments to families with children would begin on July 15. The payments are child tax credit rebates — traditionally treated as…
Palestinians everywhere are experiencing déjà vu right now, deep in our stomachs, while watching our people again resisting the erasure that Israel violently demands we accept, and knowing that many…
The House is set to vote this week on the formation of a commission to investigate the violent Capitol attack by Trump supporters on January 6. Lawmakers reached a bipartisan…
I found myself out and about with several vaccinated friends this weekend, just after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly blew up its mask guidance to the…
