Democratic convention organizers work to balance free speech with safety amid tensions over protests (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel (www.axios.com)
The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told Axios....
A Columbia professor wanted to document history. NYPD arrested him outside his home (www.usatoday.com)
Gregory Pflugfelder had just finished the final class of his career at Columbia. In 28 years at the university, he achieved many accolades as a professor of history who taught a popular course on Japanese monsters – mostly focused on Godzilla and "the role of the monstrous in the cultural imagination."...
Driver dies after crashing into security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
The Secret Service said security protocols were put in place and that there was no threat to the White House....
RNC chief counsel resigns after two months (www.cnn.com)
The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position....
Police tactics at campus protests reveal disparities in approaches to public order and lessons learned from 2020 protests (www.cnn.com)
As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza that continue to ripple across the nation, the response by law enforcement is under heightened scrutiny after thousands were arrested since mid-April....
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn (www.ft.com)
Israel is being charged with war crimes for killing a boy in the West Bank (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Southeast Asian Americans face the brunt of racist attacks among Asians in U.S., new study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
While many Americans believe anti-Asian hate has passed, experts say many communities are still living in fear....
Superintendent fired after allegedly investigating students for not applauding her daughter enough (www.latimes.com)
A San Diego-area school district superintendent was fired this week, nearly a year after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies after they inadequately applauded her daughter at a banquet....
A driver dies after crashing into a security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say (apnews.com)
Americans Continue to Name Inflation as Top Financial Problem (news.gallup.com)
University of Mississippi: ‘abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned (www.theguardian.com)
Ruby Bridges blasts book bans as “ridiculous” attempts to “cover up history” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Drag restaurant slaps hate protestors with a lawsuit for relentless “groomer” accusations (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police (www.vox.com)
NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students (www.npr.org)
Trump celebrates Billboard success of J6 Prison Choir recording at donor retreat (www.usatoday.com)
Utah fields nearly 4,000 “bogus" reports in first week of trans bathroom ban (www.salon.com)
Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance (theconversation.com)
California police are using a controversial tactic after someone dies in their custody (www.motherjones.com)
Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born. (www.wbtv.com)
america is so fucking based man...
Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: ‘Tech bros conflate luck with talent’ (www.theguardian.com)
The US academic on why the Mr Burns caricature of rich people is wrong, the double-edged sword of godlike technologies, and why young people shouldn’t follow their passion...
Hawaii to limit vacation rentals in response to tight housing market (www.theguardian.com)
Last year’s deadly Maui wildfire revealed the extent of short-term rentals and their contribution to the state’s housing shortage...
Florida workers brace for summer with no protections: ‘My body would tremble’ (www.theguardian.com)
Effects of heat are expected to worsen after bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed...
