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New York Spends $225 Million on Its Own “Cop City” — to Make the Whole City Run on Cops
A proposed New York training facility shows how establishment politicians only understand governance through policing.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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Israel’s War on Gaza
Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website
The students who edit the journal sought out the article by a Palestinian scholar who was censored by Harvard Law Review last year.
Israel’s War on Gaza
University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza
As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure.
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I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
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Pro-Israel Advocates Are Weaponizing “Safety” on College Campuses
Some schools are acting on the misbegotten notion that Palestinian freedom is a threat to Jewish safety.
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Even Mentioning “Occupation” at the Oscars Is Antisemitic, Some Jewish Hollywood Figures Say
A pro-Israel letter denounced Jonathan Glazer for antisemitism — comparing his Oscar speech to a medieval “blood libel.”
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Florida Anti-Trans Bill Could Raise Everyone’s Health Insurance Costs
The Florida GOP's so-called trans erasure bill mandates that insurance companies cover widely debunked "conversion therapy."
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Alabama Court Rules Frozen Embryos Made by IVF Are “Children”
With Roe v. Wade dismantled, far-right courts are coming for all aspects of reproductive health care.
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Dear Biden Apologists: Reproductive Justice Means Fighting for Gaza’s Women and Children
Democrats are attacking Joe Biden’s critics by presenting a false choice between supporting abortion rights and opposing genocide.
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Georgia GOP Proposes RICO Expansion for “Loitering” Protesters
In a bid to repress movements like Stop Cop City, the far right wants enhanced penalties based on “political affiliation or belief.”