Politics

Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) boards an elevator after casting a Senate vote, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

As Manchin Prepares Senate Exit, His Friends and Daughter Are Lining Up a No Labels Lookalike

Daniel Boguslaw

Business records show that Sen. Joe Manchin’s longtime associates from West Virginia are helping oversee his daughter’s new centrist nonprofit.

Philadelphias City Hall a day before Election Day. Philadelphia, November 7, 2022. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP) (Photo by RYAN COLLERD/AFP via Getty Images)

Last Republican on Philly City Council Fired Staffer Who Reported Sexual Harassment, Says Lawsuit

Akela Lacy

- Nov. 19

Linda Trush sued the city alleging that she was wrongfully terminated and retaliated against after reporting sexual harassment by a co-worker.

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Policy Conference in Washington, DC, March 2, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Meet the Secret Donors Who Fund AIPAC’s Israel Trips for Congress

Murtaza Hussain

- Nov. 18

An unredacted 2019 tax filing reveals the donors to AIPAC’s charity arm — some of whom give to other hawkish, pro-Israel causes.

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2023/11/09: A protester waves a Palestinian flag as others march past during a student walkout calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Since October 7, the Israeli army's bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, in retaliation for the Hamas attack on Israel that killed over 1,400 people, has seen thousands of buildings razed to the ground, more than 10,000 people killed and 1.4 million displaced whilst Gaza remains besieged. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Public Defenders Get Restraining Order to Block Their Own Union From Voting on Gaza Statement

Akela Lacy

- Nov. 17

In a leaked tape of an all-staff meeting, the head of New York’s Legal Aid Society also said four law firms had threatened to pull funding over the statement.

Hilary Clinton during an in-conversation with former US President Bill Clinton, the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, and the Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University, Professor Paul Boyle, about current global challenges and the importance of engaging young people in leadership roles at the Great Hall in Swansea University Bay Campus. Picture date: Thursday November 16, 2023. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)

Voices

Hillary Clinton Is Lying About the History Between Hamas and Israel

Jon Schwarz

- Nov. 17

The way Clinton blames Hamas for all the violence shows what’s wrong with the U.S. perspective on the Middle East.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters protest against the arrest of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Karachi on August 27, 2023. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

House Democrats Press Biden to Block Military Aid to Pakistan Over Human Rights Abuses, Jailing of Imran Khan

Murtaza Hussain, Ryan Grim

- Nov. 17

Democrats are concerned about reports that Khan, currently imprisoned and facing a secret trial, potentially faces the death penalty.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech at Columbia University campus on November 14, 2023 in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating what was called university policies. The tense atmosphere at many college campuses has increased as student groups, activists and others have protested both in support of Israel and of Palestine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Student Protests for Gaza Targeted by Pro-Israel Groups for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Schuyler Mitchell, Prem Thakker

- Nov. 16

Amid an upswell of student support for Palestinians, Israel advocacy groups are weaponizing civil rights law to quell dissent.

Washington, DC - November 14 : Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

More Than 300 DNC Delegates for Bernie Sanders Push Senator to Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

Akela Lacy, Prem Thakker

- Nov. 15

The letter is the latest push from Democratic Party insiders to bring recalcitrant leaders around to calling for a ceasefire.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 03: Former President Barack Obama speaks to attendees at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum on November 03, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama spoke about economic inclusion is fundamental to safeguarding and expanding democracies in countries around the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Obama Alumni Call on Former President to “Leverage” Influence for Gaza Ceasefire

Prem Thakker

- Nov. 14

Using Obama’s own words, recent and past, on Palestine, the former staffers join a rising tide of political operatives opposing unconditional U.S. support for Israel.

TOPSHOT - (L-R) US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US President Joe Biden, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin look on during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Palestinians Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza

Prem Thakker

- Nov. 13

The federal lawsuit accuses President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin of complicity in genocide.