119 posts tagged ‘Politics’
Kansas school forces 8-year-old Native American student to cut hair
Boing Boing,
An 8-year-old Wyandotte Nation boy was ordered to cut his hair short by R.V. Haderlein Elementary school in Kansas's Girard School District. His mother did so after being told by Joni Benso, assistant principal at the school, that no exemptions to male dress codes would be made for religious or tribal reasons and that "she needed to cut his hair over the weekend or he would be sent home." — Read the rest
10 Confessions of Hard Feelings Over the Israel-Gaza War
The Cut,
“They don’t stand by me or understand that I feel vulnerable.”
My Jewish Mom Anxiety Just Keeps Growing
I hope my son knows how lucky he is to be safe.
‘I’m Very Careful Not to Use Words Like Genocide’
Vulture,
An actor and a showrunner on the politics of speaking out about Israel and Palestine in Hollywood.
After October 7, My Orthodox Family Became Unrecognizable
After lighting Shabbat candles we say a prayer for the IDF.
A Rise in Antisemitism, at Home and Abroad
The New Yorker,
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt talks about antisemitism “from all ends of the political spectrum, and in between.” It threatens not only Jews, she says, but the stability of democracies.
Trump’s Vindictive Second-Term Agenda
What would a second Trump Administration look like in comparison to the first, and how would America’s democratic institutions fare?
"Remorseless" MAGA insurrectionist who violently beat cops on J6 sentenced to nearly five years in prison
A 41-year-old MAGA terrorist with an annoying four-word name was sentenced to 4 years and 10 months in prison for violently assaulting police officers during the attempted overthrow of the United States government on January 6, 2021. Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas of East Liverpool, Ohio, was sentenced to five years in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers defending the Capitol on Jan. — Read the rest