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The New York Review of Books presents the fourth installment in a series of online events in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. New York Review contributors Fintan O’Toole, Pamela Karlan, and Mark Danner discuss the legal issues at stake during the upcoming presidential election. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.

The post What If He Wins? A Conversation About Trump and the Law appeared first on The New York Review of Books.

Costume shops all around the country have reported a surge in demand for Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, themed costumes ahead of this year’s Halloween. “Mate they are flying off the shelf and to be honest I’m glad, as they are... Read More ›

The Florida governor is taking unprecedented steps to undermine citizen-led efforts to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana.

The post Inside Ron DeSantis’s Quest to Trample the Will of Florida Voters on Abortion appeared first on The Intercept.

Ahmed Ghanim said no thanks — but the ejection could be the kind of thing that drives Arab and Muslim voters to Trump.

The post Michigan Muslim Booted From Kamala Harris Rally Says Team Trump Asked Him to Star in Campaign Ad appeared first on The Intercept.

Earlier this week I pointed to a Ukrainian (South Korean, U.S.) propaganda campaign which claims that thousands of North Korean soldiers will soon fight with on the Russian side against Ukraine: To have North Koreans fighting in Russia against the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk would make little sense. That incursion is for one already mostly defeated.Besides Continue reading »

In a speech at the Australian Education International (AEI) conference, Education Minister Jason Clare is reported to have told the audience that student caps will help with “the government’s ambitions to get immigration levels back to pre-pandemic levels, including international student numbers”. The latest Treasury forecast of net migration in 2024-25 at 260,000, to the Continue reading »

The Canberra community decided on 19 October to remove from its parliament the two most recent ministers for corrections, Mick Gentleman (Labor) and Emma Davidson (Green). In mid-2023, Minister Gentleman chose not to act on the findings of the second and final report of Neil McAllister, the then independent inspector of correctional services. Instead, Gentleman Continue reading »

By focusing on punitive programs instead of community-driven support over a ‘youth crime crisis’ that did not exist, the incoming Queensland LNP government appears to be blind to the systemic issues that drive children toward vulnerability. Their policies will reinforce a cycle of criminalisation that will haunt our communities for generations. It’s several days after Continue reading »

This week I read an article in Al Jazeera describing the killing in one day of hundreds of Palestinian civilians. The same day I read a piece in CNN, “Israeli soldiers returning from war struggle with trauma and suicide”. The article tried to elicit sympathy for soldiers who were traumatised from bulldozing Palestinians. According to Continue reading »

Belgium MP Nabil Boukili confronts the Israel Ambassador to Belgium, while Israeli media report Netanyahu has pulled out of hostage deals and the Israeli parliament again bans UNRWA designating it as a terrorist organisation. Bisan Owda keeps us updated on what is happening in North Gaza and we witness toddlers and children being pulled from Continue reading »