The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.
“I remember thinking, ‘If I don’t do exactly what I’m told for the next minute of my life, I’m going to die right now.'"
• A tactical vehicle slammed through Autumn Hill’s front entryway.
• FBI agents threw flash-bang grenades through the windows.
• She heard screams from other rooms.
• Police flew a quadcopter drone through the splintered doorway.
• A voice from the drone ordered residents to come out with their hands up.
• Hill edged out of the door and faced a wall of gun barrels.
• Masked agents screamed orders as the drone buzzed behind her.
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little death in camp miasma means so much to me because they embody everything society teaches us to fear: different, strange, impossible to categorize. but little death isn't the monster. the horror is being taught to hate yourself for not fitting into the world you're given
@EmmaVigeland Watching Emma live my dream at City Hall as she hangs with the greatest mayor of all time, the greatest basketball team of all time, and the greatest Cumtown actor of all time
It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.
From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City's history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers.
To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully.
Happy Pride, New York City.
the zone of interest is a film about the idyllic, everyday life of an Auschwitz commandant and his wife, who raise their children in a home located directly adjacent to the concentration camp.
below is an unrelated photo showing Gaza from an israeli settlement.
Fusako Shigenobu was a Japanese woman who joined the Palestinian resistance and fought alongside Palestinian fighters for Palestine. She was arrested in 2000 and released in 2022.
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.
Curtis Sliwa agrees with Mamdani, says the British royals should return the diamond:
“The royalty, they're a bunch of deadbeats, slackers, the worst welfare cheats in the world,” Sliwa says.