How Private Charity Is Enabling a Homeless Encampment and Hurting Law-Abiding Citizens

HYATTSVILLE, Md.—The Marylander Condominiums are in limbo after residents of a nearby homeless encampment allegedly vandalized the boiler room, leaving half of the complex without heat and under evacuation orders from a local judge. Some families have already fled to hotels in order to escape the cold. Other residents of the condominium, located in Prince

Iran Rejects ‘Zero Uranium Enrichment’ in Latest Round of Nuclear Talks

‘Our proposal affirms that uranium enrichment is a sovereign right,’ Iranian official tells Al Jazeera as US military buildup grows Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (Sayed Hassan/Getty Images) Iranian leaders on Thursday categorically ruled out entering any new deal that forces the country to dismantle its nuclear facilities, relinquish its uranium stockpiles, and stop enriching

Maine Democrat Graham Platner Boosts Holocaust-Denying White Supremacist

Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi tattoo, spread an Iran-related social media post from anti-Semite Stew Peters Graham Platner (Sophie Park/Getty Images) Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, who recently covered up a tattoo of a Nazi symbol on his chest, promoted a notoriously anti-Semitic white supremacist who denies the Holocaust, Stew Peters. Platner

Harvard Bends Hiring Freeze for Lecturer in ‘Latinx Studies’ and Professor of Podcasting

Harvard has been publicly claiming that its clash with the Trump administration is threatening life-saving cancer research. A more reality-based view of what actually happens at Harvard is visible in the university’s job listings, where, despite an ostensible campus-wide hiring freeze linked to federal-funding-related uncertainty and austerity, Harvard is advertising in hopes of attracting a

‘Tax The Jews’: Anti-Capitalist DSA Protest Erupts Into Anti-Semitic Chants

‘Shame on Jews, cancel Israel,’ keffiyeh-clad woman yells during San Francisco disruption A “tax the Jews” chant erupted Wednesday during an anti-capitalist protest in San Francisco organized by the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. At an event hosted by San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, the protesters initially chanted “tax the rich.” As the disruption

‘Jewish Students Are Segregated’: Parents Sue California State Education System in First-of-Its-Kind Complaint Over ‘Anti-Semitic Propaganda’ and Harassment

One parent alleged that a ninth-grade teacher organized a walkout that featured chants of ‘f— the Jews,’ while others said schools punished their children for reporting anti-Semitism California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A group of Jewish parents sued the California state education system on Thursday, alleging that the state’s public schools have become

Movie Attacking North Korean Tyrant Was Big Mistake, Says Former Sony Executive

North Korea hacked into the computers of a Hollywood studio in 2014, and the company’s former executive now blames himself—or his own childhood—for okaying a movie that angered the dictator in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un. “Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest