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Headlines for July 26, 2024; “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire; Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike & Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues; Paris Olympics Slammed for “Social Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Militarization & Greenwashing

Headlines for July 25, 2024; Over 100 Lawmakers Skip Netanyahu’s Address to Congress Amid Protests over U.S. Support for War in Gaza; Noura Erakat: During Netanyahu Speech, U.S. Lawmakers Cheered “What Is Essentially a War on Children”; “The Only Answer Is Peace”: Israeli and Palestinian Activists Share Vision of Coexistence

Headlines for July 24, 2024; “Terrible Mistake”: Leading Israelis Say Netanyahu’s Invite to Address Congress Rewards Bad Behavior; Not Welcome: Jewish & Palestinian Activists Protest Netanyahu’s Address to Congress, 400 Arrested; “Tragic Beyond Proportions”: Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey’s Killing and Police Cover-Up; “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests

Headlines for July 23, 2024; Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden’s Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza; Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must “Chart a New Path” on Israel-Palestine; “The Prescription Is Ceasefire”: Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza; Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption

Headlines for July 22, 2024; “Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza & More; How to Pick Biden’s Replacement? James Zogby & LaTosha Brown Debate Wisdom of an Open Convention; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Remembered: Opposed Iraq War, Advocated for Juneteenth, Reparations & More; ICJ Rules Israel’s Occupation of West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza Is Illegal: Attorney Diana Buttu Explains

Headlines for July 19, 2024; In “Unity” Speech, Trump Demonizes Migrants, Spreads Lies & Embraces Authoritarianism; Milwaukee Protesters Demand Justice for Samuel Sharpe and D’Vontaye Mitchell; Bishop William Barber: Trump & Republicans Did Not Offer “Unity” at RNC, Only More Lies & Hate; The GOP Is Waging a War on Abortion Rights, But You Wouldn’t Know It If You Watched the RNC; “Justice for My Brother”: Sister of Samuel Sharpe Speaks Out After Police Killing During RNC

Headlines for July 18, 2024; Trump’s VP Pick J.D. Vance Espouses Economic Populism But Will He Actually Be a Working-Class Ally?; J.D. Vance Criticizes Biden’s Support for Iraq War in 2003 But Pushes Hawkish Policy on China & Iran; “More Radical Than MAGA”? Politico’s Ian Ward on J.D. Vance & the Future of the Republican Party; “White Trash” Historian Nancy Isenberg on J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” & Class in America; COVID Forces Biden Off Campaign Trail as Pressure Grows for Him to Step Aside

Headlines for July 17, 2024; “Politics of Hate”: Writer Jean Guerrero on Anti-Immigrant Lies and Fearmongering at RNC; Trump Is Trying to “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record: Clarence Lusane; Jury Convicts NJ Senator Bob Menendez of Taking Bribes from Egypt & Qatar; Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for RNC Kill Unhoused Black Veteran; J.D. Vance Praised 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones as Truth-Teller in Private 2021 Speech; Milwaukee Immigrant Rights Advocate Slams “Sickening” Rhetoric at RNC as Trump Vows Mass Deportations; DNC Makes Moves to Lock In Biden as Nominee Early, Despite Growing Discontent Among Democrats

Headlines for July 16, 2024; J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” & Appalachia’s Shift to the Right: Arlie Russell Hochschild; Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Ex-President on First Day of RNC; “Genocidal Man” vs. “Fascist Man”: RNC Protesters Decry 2024 Choices, Call for Justice; “He’s a Fake”: Robert Kuttner on How J.D. Vance Disguises His Anti-Worker Views as Economic Populism; Trump’s VP Pick, J.D. Vance, Pushed for Police to Track & Criminalize Abortions; “Blank Check” for Genocide: Court Dismisses Palestinians’ Case Against Biden Admin over Gaza War

Headlines for July 15, 2024; Long Legacy of U.S. Political Violence: RNC Begins in Milwaukee in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt; “An America Awash in Guns”: Brady President Kris Brown on Trump Shooting & the Need for Gun Control; Mawasi Massacre: Over 90 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Tent Camp in Gaza “Safe Zone”; Jeff Sharlet on Trump Assassination Attempt, Authoritarian Violence & Project 2025; Voices of the Unhoused: Poor People’s Army Sets Up Encampment Near RNC to Protest GOP Policies; “The Fall of Wisconsin”: How GOP Transformed Once-Progressive State into Union-Busting “Laboratory”

We look at a damning BBC exposé on the deadly crackdown on asylum seekers by Greek authorities.

Headlines for July 12, 2024; In Rare News Conf., Biden Vows to Stay in Race, Defending Record on Ukraine, NATO & More: A Roundtable; “I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will

Headlines for July 11, 2024; Should Biden Step Aside? Wajahat Ali & Norman Solomon Debate Democratic Options for 2024 Race; Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: Netanyahu Is “Trying to Do Everything to Prevent a Deal”

Headlines for July 10, 2024; Report from Gaza: Israel Attacks Schools & Orders Palestinians to Leave Gaza City Amid Ceasefire Talks; Their Goal Is Total Ethnic Cleansing: Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s Expulsion Order for Gaza City; “Peace, Not NATO”: As Biden Hosts Leaders in D.C., German MP Decries NATO’s 75 Years of War & Hypocrisy

Headlines for July 09, 2024; Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force. He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza; “On the Record with Hamas”: Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About Oct. 7, Ceasefire Talks & Israel

Headlines for July 08, 2024; As Labour Wins in U.K., Party’s Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn Wins as Independent in Revolt over Gaza Policy; “Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground; “The Whole Country of France Has Won”: Far Right Blocked from Power as Left Surges; Iran’s New Reformist President Promises More Freedom, Better Relations with the West

“The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault; “Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Birding While Black & the Central Park Incident

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech; Hope and Resistance: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century

Headlines for July 03, 2024; Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis; “This Must End”: Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System; How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee

Headlines for July 02, 2024; “A King Above the Law”: Supreme Court Rules Presidents Have Broad Immunity from Prosecution; Lula Visits Chomsky Recovering from Stroke: “You Are One of the Most Influential People in My Life”; Vijay Prashad: Resource-Rich Congo Still Fighting for Its Own Wealth 64 Years After Independence