At DNC, the Squad Warns Democrats to Wake Up to the Threat of AIPAC

Akela Lacy

“It was Jamaal and I this time,” said Rep. Cori Bush, who was ousted by AIPAC millions, “but who is it going to be in two years?”
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The U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Just Buying More Time for Israel’s Genocide

Sunjeev Bery

Breaking this cynical cycle requires getting honest about Biden and Harris’s roles in this blood-soaked charade.
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Kamala Harris Mentioned Palestinian Suffering — in the Passive Voice

Akela Lacy, Ali Gharib

Democrats united behind Harris, but tension over Gaza simmered throughout the DNC.
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Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price.

Liliana Segura

Witnesses to Trump’s execution spree are dismayed by Democrats’ decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
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The NYPD Is Illegally Leaking Sealed Records About Children to Tabloids

Akela Lacy

The juvenile arrest records are sealed by law — but police regularly disclose them to prosecutors and even right-wing media.
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No Palestinian Americans Will Speak at Convention, DNC Decides

Akela Lacy, Jonah Valdez

“Uncommitted” Democratic delegates are staging a sit-in in front of the United Center until they get a call reversing DNC decision.
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A Prosecutor Admits His Office’s Incompetence Cut Off an Innocent Man’s Path to Exoneration

Jordan Smith

A Missouri prosecutor was set to argue that Marcellus Williams had been wrongly convicted. New evidence that prosecutors had mishandled the murder weapon got in the way.
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