ISTANBUL — Workers, activists and others around the world took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over the pressure of rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Pro- Palestinian sentiments were also on display. Police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of people […]
PARIS (AP) — French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ‘’social cleansing” ahead of the Summer Olympics. Before dawn on an unusually cold April morning, around 30 teenage boys and young […]
Do you remember when Sunny Hostin of “The View” said she was worried about Trump supporters who may “sneak onto the jury” by claiming they hate Trump but insisting they can be impartial Apparently, the real problem is the opposite. On Wednesday evening, Fox News’ Jesse Watters was discussing […]
Progressive activists have unleashed fury on Democrats after party leaders rallied to pass a bill expanding the government’s chief snooping authority without any major new safeguards for Americans’ privacy. Democrats provided most of the votes as the House renewed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and, in a separate vote, shot down an […]
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network National Coordinating Committee was meeting in Chicago when word came of the Iranian drone and missile strike on Israel. The reaction was about what you’d expect. When the executive director of the committee, Hatem Abudayyeh, made the announcement, wild cheering and clapping were heard. […]
Pro-Palesitinian activists have made a point of protesting elected officials, including and maybe especially President Joe Biden. That dynamic has some Democrats worried about what it could mean for their prospects in November. …as the U.S. struggled to prevent the conflict from spiraling into a humanitarian catastrophe, some of Biden’s close advisers and allies began […]
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed away Thursday from a fundraising email that referred to the Jan. 6 rioters as “activists.” The email from “Team Kennedy” praised a British court for checking a weaponized U.S. criminal-justice system by conditioning an American extradition request against Julian Assange. “The Brits want to make sure our […]
Four pro-life activists were found guilty of violating federal law for a protest outside an abortion clinic, bringing the number of such convictions under the Biden administration to 10 and renewing GOP charges of “weaponized” justice. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Frensley in Nashville found the protesters guilty this week of violating the Freedom to Access […]
As regular readers know, there is a case about to be argued before the Supreme Court which could have a major impact on homelessness on the west coast. At the moment, decisions issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals make it impossible for cities to force homeless people to move (off sidewalks or out […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Disney shareholders have rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did not include Peltz or Rasulo. The dissident […]
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