Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) touted Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for an Israeli ceasefire in a primetime address to the Democratic National Convention, drawing cheers from the audience at the event’s opening night. Harris “is as committed to our reproductive and civil rights as she is to taking on corporate greed. And she is
CHICAGO—Anti-Israel activists assembled at an official Democratic National Convention panel on Monday and delivered a message to presidential nominee Kamala Harris: heed our demands or lose in November. As they issued those threats, their allies, protesting the Biden-Harris administration’s policy toward Israel, faced off with police as they marched through the streets of Chicago. The
Democrats and liberal news hosts march in lockstep as DNC kicks off For the press covering the Democratic National Convention, the “joy” that came with Vice President Kamala Harris’s coronation as presidential nominee hasn’t stopped, with liberal pundits spouting the same talking points about Harris and her campaign of “positive vibes.” As the DNC kicked
Marc Elias, who blamed voting machines for a client’s loss in 2021, will now ‘defend democracy’ Marc Elias (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped a controversial Democratic elections lawyer, with whom the Democratic National Committee cut ties just last year and who was laughed out of court in 2022 for what a
At Columbia, students storm and occupy a university building scot-free (edited from Alex Kent/Getty Images) Do Columbia University administrators actually want a governable university where students can learn free of disruption and harassment from their own classmates? Former university president Minouche Shafik threw in the towel last week rather than return to campus. She presided
When student protesters took over a building at Columbia University in April, the school said they would “face expulsion.” Now, with one week to go until the start of the fall semester, Columbia will allow most of those students to return to classes in good standing. Of the 22 students arrested inside Hamilton Hall, an
The Democratic National Committee’s final party platform, released Sunday and scheduled for a Monday evening vote, touted plans for “Biden’s second term,” failing to present an updated platform under presumptive nominee Kamala Harris. The platform, which outlines “a vision for a progressive agenda,” references President Joe Biden’s plans for his “second term” 19 times, despite