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This Pride, queer Jews are feeling the strain — and sometimes unsafe — over Israel - Jewish...
JTA· 7 days agoCritics are seeing an atmosphere of antisemitism and Israel-related “litmus tests” for Jews in queer...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoAt this point, I really only have one question for police officers across the nation: Why are you like this? A Black man who also happens to be an Army lieutenant has recently ...
'The faker a show is, the more ethical it is': Emily Nussbaum on the conditions of reality TV
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(The show has since resumed.) “There’s a touchingly naive statement that someone was making, that the problem with ‘Cops’ is not that it would document [police brutality ...
Juneteenth 2024: How Oklahoma's unique history still affects residents today
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"Police brutality, mass incarceration, those are the forms of violence that persist post-slavery...
A year ago, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny
Associated Press· 3 days agoOn a lazy summer weekend a year ago, Russia was jolted by the stunning news of an armed uprising....
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoThe family of Irvo Otieno, a mental health patient who died in police custody, gave the gruesome details of what they saw in the moments ahead of his death. Attorney Benjamin ...
Defense attorney accuses Samantha Woll's ex-boyfriend of lying to police after confessing to murder
Detroit News· 6 days agoThe ex-boyfriend of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll testified all morning Tuesday in Wayne...
Tomi Adeyemi’s Books Are Fantasy. What They Taught Her Is Painfully Real.
New York Times· 18 hours ago“What’s your sign?” Adeyemi immediately asked me, before we even began to talk about her new book. “I’m just having my own moment because you are the third Aquarius sun I have met in the past ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoGeorge Floyd suffered as he died. Plenty of violent cops kill unarmed Black men for trifling reasons but Chauvin didn’t just extinguish Floyd, he ensured that his transition was excruciating ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoNearly half a year after Keenan Anderson was shocked repeatedly with a Taser by the LAPD, his cause of death was released... and use of force wasn’t it. According to AP News, Anderson died from ...