How a Migrant Accused of Rape Was Freed and Charged With Rape Again
For 15 months, Daniel Davon-Bonilla sat in the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, accused of raping a transgender woman in a migrant shelter. Then, on June 24,…
Would a Group Opposed to Police Blow the Whistle on Its Founder?
Jasmine Banks’s disillusionment started with a credit-card bill. She was proudly, fervently dedicated to the radical mission of the nonprofit where she worked, that police everywhere should be abolished. She…
How JD Vance Found His Way to the Catholic Church
From his new home in Cincinnati, JD Vance would go to St. Gertrude to meet the friar. It was a fitting place for the millennial aspiring politician, who was drawn…
Here’s a Timeline of Recent Strikes and Retaliations in the Middle East
Before Sunday’s attacks, tensions in the Middle East had been high for weeks in the wake of high-profile assassinations of senior leaders of the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. The…
Trying to Head Off War, U.S. Moves Naval Forces Closer to Israel
With fears rising that a wider war could break out in the Middle East, the United States has steadily been moving Navy forces closer to the area, including two aircraft…
Biden’s Asylum Restrictions Are Working as Predicted, and as Warned
In the months since President Biden imposed sweeping restrictions on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, the policy appears to be working exactly as he hoped and his critics feared. The…
Beyond Leviathan: What Is the State & the Challenge To Transcend It? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Documentary producer Lynn Fries edited some interviews with John Bellamy Foster on the importance and comparative neglect in the Anglosphere of Beyond Leviathan by István Mészáros. From the…
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, Zelensky Celebrates Push Into Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky, always adept at messaging, used his latest Independence Day speech on Saturday to drive home the idea that Ukraine is taking the fight to Russia, even as…
5 Secret Service Agents Involved in Trump Rally Are Reassigned
The Secret Service has assigned five agents to administrative duties as a result of its investigation into the failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald J.…
Paralympics Will Drop Ban on Olympic Rings Tattoos
For years, Paralympians with tattoos of the Olympic rings were playing a dangerous game: They had to cover the tattoos completely in competition, or face penalties from the International Paralympic…