Andrew Yang Can't Explain When Asked Why He Supports Israel Bombing Gaza
Aides for the New York mayoral hopeful tried to shut down voters in Queens who were outraged by his support for Israeli airstrikes that killed dozens of Palestinians.
Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey wrote about national and international news through the prism of social media for The Intercept. Before joining as a Senior Writer, he was a reporter and columnist for the New York Times, where he anchored the newspaper’s breaking news blog, The Lede, for five years, and wrote a news analysis column, Open Source, from 2014 to 2016. His work is focused on making sense of events through the close reading of firsthand accounts, photographs, and video posted on social networks by witnesses and participants.
His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Slate, and The Guardian.
As a television producer, he has looked at the role played by soccer hooligans in the war between Serbia and Croatia for Britain’s Channel 4, and spent a year and a half making a series of video letters from refugees for a United Nations-sponsored program broadcast in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Slate, and The Guardian.
As a television producer, he has looked at the role played by soccer hooligans in the war between Serbia and Croatia for Britain’s Channel 4, and spent a year and a half making a series of video letters from refugees for a United Nations-sponsored program broadcast in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
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This Is Not Fine: Why Video of an Ultranationalist Frenzy in Jerusalem Is So Unsettling
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Protests for Black Lives
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The formal jury of Derek Chauvin’s peers assembled in court reached the same verdict as the dozen bystanders who watched him murder George Floyd.
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Russia Moves to Stifle Dissent After Poisoned Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Is Sentenced
Protesters demanded the release of Navalny, who used a court appearance to warn Russia's president that he would go down in history as, "Vladimir the Underpants Poisoner."
John Sullivan, Who Filmed Shooting of Ashli Babbitt in Capitol, Detained on Federal Charges
The enigma of “Activist John.” Why did an anti-Trump protester viewed with suspicion on the left follow Trump’s cult into the Capitol?
Trump Unleashes Mob to Storm Capitol and Disrupt Functioning of U.S. Government
The defeated president called for chaos and his supporters responded by storming the Capitol in Washington, disrupting the counting of electoral votes.
Someone Has Been Telling Lies in the White House Briefing Room, Kayleigh McEnany Says
The press secretary is angry CNN misidentified the man posing as a reporter in the briefing room who cheered for her.
Election 2020
Defeated Trump Campaign Tells Supporters "The Left HATES YOU" in Fundraising Emails
The outgoing president's campaign is filling the inboxes of supporters with messages that aim to incite fear and anger.
Election 2020
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When the sun is up, Fox News calls Biden the president-elect. After dark, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson humor Trump’s conspiracy theories.