The super-rich are ecstatic. Bitcoin’s value surged past $100,000 last year, and bankers were “dancing in the streets” after Donald Trump’s victory in November. Wall Street is already licking its chops over forecasts for stock gains in 2025. Meanwhile, a stark year-end report showed an 18 percent jump in homelessness. And small business owners are […]
As Washington prepares for President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, federal agencies are bracing for a wave of anticipated cuts — perhaps none more so than the Department of Education. Trump promised the total destruction of the long-standing federal agency in a September 2023 campaign videowith an announcement that he would be “sending all education and […]
Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of carrying out the mass detention and deportation of immigrants. President Joe Biden spent most of his term widening the government’s ability to incarcerate and deport people; inflating the Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget by millions; increasing the number of beds in prisons; and expanding the use of private […]
Early on the morning of December 8, Suhail AlGhazi did the unthinkable: He spoke with his family in Syria openly, and without fear. AlGhazi fled Syria in 2013 after taking part in early protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad and surviving two brutal and terrifying stints in prison. Now living in Europe, he has […]
The CIA analyst accused of leaking top secret documents about Israel’s war plans against Iran must stay in jail ahead of trial, a federal judge said Wednesday. The judge sided with prosecutors’ claims that the analyst could make further disclosures affecting events in the turbulent Middle East if he was free before his trial on […]
Continued campus protests against the Gaza war have sparked heated debates around free speech, academic freedom, and the role of universities in addressing global issues. This spring saw an outpouring of students demanding that their institutions divest from Israel. Since then, universities have taken sometimes draconian measures to stop protests before they even begin. On […]
A group of White House staffers sent a letter of dissent on Monday over the Biden administration’s decision not to enforce its own ultimatum over the Israeli government’s restriction of humanitarian aid to Gaza. With just weeks until President-elect Donald Trump begins his second administration, the letter is a plea for President Joe Biden to […]
LAST WEEK, police at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland arrested four students on felony vandalism charges in relation to protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. The students were transferred to the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, jail, a detention facility subject to calls for closure over inhumane conditions, abuse by jail staff, and the use of […]
The cryptocurrency industry took a victory lap Wednesday. Devotees of digital currencies had cause to celebrate: An ally in Donald Trump had taken the White House and a slew of pro-crypto congressional candidates won races that included at least two Senate seats. Only two years after the spectacular collapse of frauds like Sam Bankman-Fried ushered […]
Staffers at the American Civil Liberties Union began to circulate an internal petition earlier this year urging its leadership to take a public stance against the U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza and Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. The petition — which also calls on the ACLU to disclose and divest potential investments […]
