By Andrew Lapin – Times of Israel

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

In 2005, a high school geography teacher in rural Mankato, Minnesota, arrived at a politics boot camp named for a progressive Jewish senator, where he honed his skills in grassroots organizing and voter outreach. Continue reading “How a progressive boot camp founded by Jews helped Tim Walz become a politician”

By Alex MacDonald – Middle East Eye

Religious Israeli settlers practise the red heifer ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque (X)

A group of religious Israelis have been pictured practising the ritual of the red heifer, which is meant to herald the building of a new Jewish temple on the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Continue reading “Israelis practise red heifer ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque”

By The Palestine Cornicle

Instead of doing its job, the United Nations has “surrendered to the power of the US” and given in to the “Israeli lobby” while the “European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine has entered its final phase,” the senior official claimed. Continue reading “Top UN Official Resigns over Failure to Stop ‘Genocide’ in Gaza”

By Campus Reform Correspondent

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Harvard University will be offering a course examining medieval texts by using “queer theory.”

Harvard’s English department will be featuring a “Queer/Medieval” class in the upcoming spring 2025 semester. The course will be an “introduction to queer theory as an intellectual tool with which to read texts far removed from the political, cultural, and social discourses from which queer theory emerged,” specifically, in this case, medieval texts. Continue reading “Harvard to offer class examining medieval texts through lens of ‘queer theory’”

By Anna Betts – The Guardian

Several school districts say they will not – as of now – amend curricula following superintendent’s order

As a new school year looms in Oklahoma, some educators in the state are pushing back against a new state order to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans. Continue reading “Oklahoma educators push back on state rule forcing Bible into lesson plans”

By Martin Armstrong – Armstrong Economics

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Massachusetts, House Bill 4750 will protect parents from gender discrimination by removing “mother” and “father” from birth certificates. We have reached a place in our society where this announcement causes no recoil as the left has strayed far beyond reality. A few years ago, these stories would make front-page headlines and cause an uproar. A “mother” is now merely the “person who gave birth,” while the father is known as the “other parent.” Continue reading “Massachusetts to Ban Term “Mother””

By BEN BARTEE – Armageddon Prose

Under the skin is the final authoritarian frontier; as many have noted before, if you don’t have control over what is injected into your body, you don’t have freedom in any meaningful sense of the word. Continue reading “COVID Roundup: New Zealand Codifies Forced Injections in Martial Law ‘Pandemic Plan’”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

On Monday, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, met with Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in Tel Aviv as the two militaries are preparing to defend Israel from an expected Iranian reprisal attack. Continue reading “CENTCOM Chief Meets With IDF Chief To Coordinate on Iranian Response”