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Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk
The Israeli parliament’s vote on Oct. 28, 2024, to ban the United Nations agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees is likely to affect millions of people – it also fits a pattern.
Aid for refugees, particularly Palestinian refugees, has long been politicized, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...Read more
RFK Jr.’s pivot to Trump is a journey taken by many populists swept along the left-to-right alternative media pipeline
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his independent presidential run in August 2024 and endorsed Republican Donald Trump, it might have seemed a surprising turn of events.
Kennedy began his presidential run as a Democrat and is the scion of a Democratic dynasty. Nephew to former President John F. Kennedy and the son of former Attorney ...Read more
For an estimated 4 million people with felony convictions, restoring their right to vote is complicated – and varies state by state
People who are convicted of felonies might think they can’t vote.
Even in California, where they do have the right to vote, people convicted of felonies cite cases in Florida and Texas where people with felonies who have completed their sentences have been arrested and sentenced to prison for trying to vote illegally.
It’s...Read more
On foreign policy, Trump opts for disruption and Harris for engagement − but they share some of the same concerns
According to conventional wisdom, U.S. voters are largely motivated by domestic concerns and especially the economy.
But the upcoming presidential election may be somewhat of an outlier. In a September 2024 poll, foreign policy actually ranks quite high in voters’ concerns – with more Democrats and Republicans combined saying it ...Read more
How Trump’s racist talk of immigrant ‘bad genes’ echoes some of the last century’s darkest ideas about eugenics
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally and the danger he says that poor immigrants of color pose for the U.S. – often using hateful language to make his point.
In early October 2024, Trump took his comments a step further when he questioned immigrants’ faulty ...Read more
Cannabis legalization may hit a ‘red wall’ at the ballot box
Cannabis legalization is on the ballot again this November.
Voters in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota will decide whether to allow adults 21 and up in their states to use cannabis recreationally.
Voters in Nebraska will decide whether to allow medical access under a doctor’s care.
Voters in Arkansas will see a...Read more
Editorial: Trump's threat to the Fed's independence is no joke
A second Donald Trump presidency poses grave dangers for the U.S. Weighed against the chances of exploding public debt, the collapse of global trade and the erosion of democratic norms, the risk that he’d attack the Federal Reserve’s independence might seem trifling. It isn’t.
An effective central bank is indispensable for economic ...Read more
The polls say the presidential election is a dead heat. But online bettors are leaning to Trump. Who's right?
According to the prediction market PredictIt, online bettors on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election now seem to feel a Trump victory is more likely.
In the countdown to the 2024 American presidential election, the polls indicate that it’s still a neck-and-neck race.
With two weeks to go, The New York Times said Democratic candidate...Read more
In northern Ohio, a veteran lawmaker faces a more skeptical landscape
DEFIANCE, Ohio — With just a week to go before the 2024 election, Marcy Kaptur wanted help.
She wasn’t looking for donations or requesting canvassing support in the election’s waning days. Instead, at a Saturday event in her district’s westernmost reaches, Kaptur tasked the roughly 25 attendees with a project: to come up with routes for...Read more
Commentary: Felons are barred from many jobs; president should be one of them
What can a felon do? Become president of the United States.
What can’t a felon do? That’s quite the list.
Ever since Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records back in May — something that hasn’t changed despite the fact he has managed to have his sentencing postponed until after the election — people have asked me,...Read more
Kansas and Missouri attorneys general could help Trump try to overturn an election loss. Here's how
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, possessed no power this spring to stop a New York jury from finding Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
That didn’t stop Bailey from intervening. Calling the case an “illicit prosecution,” Bailey...Read more
Commentary: Abortion, race and the fracturing of the anti-abortion movement
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision sent shockwaves through the very soul of America, shattering the fragile peace that once existed around the issue of abortion. But amid this upheaval, a quiet reckoning is taking place within the anti-abortion movement itself — a reckoning that lays bare the tangled threads of race, religion and power that ...Read more
Californians head to Nevada and Arizona to knock on doors for Harris
PHOENIX — Laura Banuet, a former cashier at LAX, was incensed by the Supreme Court’s decision to end federal protection of abortion access.
Recalling women, including a cousin, who risked back-alley abortions in her native Mexico, Banuet moved from Compton to Arizona earlier this year to try to make a difference in a battleground state ...Read more
Philly DA sues to halt Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday sued to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million daily giveaway to voters in battleground states including Pennsylvania, calling it an illegal lottery that skirts state requirements and violates consumer protection laws.
The suit, filed in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia, is the ...Read more
Trump labels Harris a 'fascist' in Atlanta, flipping Democratic attack against him
ATLANTA — Hoping to turn out his conservative base in the closing days of the campaign, Donald Trump traveled to metro Atlanta on Monday to make a direct appeal to the mostly white, evangelical voters he needs to win in great numbers to return to the White House.
At back-to-back events at a church in Powder Springs and on the campus of ...Read more
Closing arguments keep leading back to Trump
BENSALEM, Pa. — The presidential candidates and their surrogates are making closing arguments and they have one major topic in common: Donald Trump. Voters in this crucial swing state said they have heard enough and have taken sides.
Digital billboards with Vice President Kamala Harris’ name printed over the Liberty Bell and others for ...Read more
RNC urges Supreme Court to block counting Pennsylvania mail ballots with errors
The Republican National Committee on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania election officials from counting the votes of those who failed to follow the proper procedure when they first submitted a mail ballot.
Some voters do not put their ballot in the required outer envelope, or they do not include a signature or a date.
...Read more
Harris, Trump battle for swing-state votes as Musk draws lawsuit
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris appealed to Christian groups and union workers in battleground states, while Elon Musk faced backlash for his plans to give selected registered voters $1 million as part of an election sweepstakes to motivate turnout for the Republican nominee.
President Joe Biden ...Read more
Outrage grows over Puerto Rico 'island of garbage' racist gibes during Trump MSG rally
NEW YORK — Outrage was spreading Monday over racist gibes aimed at Puerto Ricans, Blacks and others by speakers at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.
A parade of Democratic leaders and A-list celebrities denounced the Trump campaign and comic Tony HInchcliffe for calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of ...Read more
Trump campaign zeroes in on Lehigh County -- including Allentown, home to 34,000 Puerto Ricans
PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign this week is zeroing in on the Lehigh Valley, home to one of the largest Latino populations in the state, shortly after a comedian’s comments about Puerto Rico at a Sunday rally drew national outrage.
Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., appeared in Lehigh County on Monday, ...Read more
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