In SXSW Appearance, Columbia Encampment Organizer Mahmoud Khalil Says It’s ‘Very Racist’ To Ask Him To Condemn Hamas

He also complained he can’t ‘contextualize’ Oct 7 without condemnation Mahmoud Khalil (SXSW/YouTube) In an appearance at the South by Southwest festival on Sunday, Columbia University encampment leader Mahmoud Khalil said “it’s very racist to ask a Palestinian” to condemn Hamas. The moderator, the Guardian‘s U.S. editor, Betsy Reed, asked Khalil to explain why he refused to condemn Hamas

Judge Blocks RFK Jr.’s Appointees to Vaccine Panel

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on March 16 that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. illegally appointed 13 new members to an influential vaccine

Religious Liberty Commission Has Productive Meeting Without Loony Aging Beauty Queen Who Hijacked February Hearing To Bash Israel

Carrie Prejean Boller was terminated from the commission after using a hearing to defend Candace Owens and claim her Catholic faith prevented her from supporting the Jewish state Carrie Prejean Boller (X), Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission convened for a productive hearing on Monday without dramatic and distracting

Supremely Progressive: Iran Becomes First Nation in World History Led by Gay Amputee

Representation matters now more than ever Chat GPT Credit where credit is due: Iran appears to have scored a remarkable victory for inclusive representation on the global stage. The U.S. intelligence community recently assessed that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the dearly departed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is “probably gay,” the New York Post revealed on