Michael Safyan

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Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
World News
Israeli flag defaced with swastika in front of Massachusetts synagogue
jpost.com - Rachel Wolf
“This should be a wake-up call for everyone who lives on Cape Cod,” Rabbi Elias Lieberman of the Falmouth Jewish Congregation told the Cape Cod Times. …
October 15
Michael Safyan
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Boston, MA
UPDATED: Students Create ‘Kill the Jews’ Page; Make Slurs About Middle School Classmate
framinghamsource.com - Framingham Source Editor Susan Petroni
First posted at 8:45 p.m. Last updated at 10:13 p.m. with statement from the Christa McAuliffe Charter School. In full transparency, the Charter …
October 14
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
Child Welfare
The Cost of Leaving an Abusive Relationship
californiasunday.com
An abuser doesn’t just beat his victim, he disables her car so she misses work. He surveils her spending. He refuses to get a job but gambles away …
October 3
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
Women of Color
South Carolina DJ Accused of Human Trafficking And Sexual Crimes Against Black Girls
Essence - Paula Rogo
Many speculate that Jason Roger Pope, a white man locally known as DJ Kid, has hundreds of victims that were underage Black girls. A white South …
2 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
World News
‘Everybody hates us’: on Sofia’s streets, Roma face racism every day
The Guardian - Vivek Chaudhary in Sofia
A wry smile crept across Steffan Stefanov’s face as he scanned the internet, digesting news of England’s now notorious football match against Bulgaria. It wasn’t that he was belittling the racist abuse
2 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Arkansas Man Convicted of Sawing Off Two Children's Heads in Front of Their Mother
newsweek.com
A jury deliberated less than a half an hour before finding Michael Ivory Collins guilty of a triple murder in which he sawed two children's heads off …
3 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton pushed for impeachment powers. Donald Trump is what he had in mind. - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
President Trump has described the impeachment proceedings as a “coup,” and his White House counsel has termed them “unconstitutional.” This would come as a surprise to Alexander Hamilton, who wrote not
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Anti-Semitism
The Irony of Antisemites for Bernie
reason.com - David Bernstein
As the candidate who is both furthest left in the Democratic presidential field and least favorably-inclined toward Israel in his public statements, …
2 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
News
An Alabama 3-year-old has been missing nearly a week. Police hope a new video helps lead them to her
CNN - By Madeline Holcombe, Douglas Wood and Jason Hanna, CNN
(CNN) — An Alabama 3-year-old has been missing for nearly a week and -- though there have been moments of hope and anticipation -- no arrests have been made and there is still no sign of the toddler. "Cupcake"
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
News
Muslim families not allowed to board NYC Ferry after being labeled a 'security issue,' complaint says
NBC News - Ali Gostanian
"These families were humiliated and traumatized in public view and treated as suspect because they happen to be Muslim," a lawyer representing the families said. NYC Ferry employees refused to allow three
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
fathomjournal.org
Michael Walzer is editor emeritus of the democratic left magazine Dissent and an advisory editor of Fathom. He argues here that ‘when it comes to …
6 days ago
Michael Safyan
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Florida
Man Allegedly Assaulted 2 Jewish People Outside Sunny Isles Beach Synagogue
nbcmiami.com
Sunny Isles Beach police have arrested a man who allegedly assaulted two people as they were leaving a prayer service from a local synagogue because …
October 15
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Tennessee Supreme Court
Tennessee executed a suspected killer. Attorneys say the real culprit may be behind a vicious attack in Missouri.
The Washington Post - By Antonia Noori Farzan
When Thomas Bruce was charged last year with a shocking crime, investigators found something strange: He had a clean criminal record. In November 2018, the former Missouri pastor allegedly posed as a at
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Syria
Turkey plans presence across northeast Syria, Erdogan says
Reuters - By Orhan Coskun
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will set up a dozen observation posts across northeast Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, insisting that a planned "safe zone" will extend much farther than U.S.
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
World News
The Kurds Were Fighting ISIS Long Before The US Was. This Is What It Was Like.
buzzfeednews.com - Mike Giglio
Before the US joined the war on ISIS, before Trump abandoned them, the Kurds were waging a lonely fight against the jihadis in a forgotten patch of …
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Climate
Democrat calls on Google to stop funding climate crisis deniers
The Guardian - Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
A Democratic lawmaker has called on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to stop investing in organizations that deny the existence of the climate crisis, saying it was hard to overstate how detrimental the impact
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Tech News & Politics
Facebook
Zuckerberg defends allowing misinformation in campaign ads
thehill.com - Jessica Campisi
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended his company’s controversial decision of allowing politicians to post political ads with …
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Jewish News & Politics
Israel
Antisemitic Incidents Take Center Stage at University of Illinois Faculty Meeting
algemeiner.com - by JNS.org
Students tabling at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in April, 2019. Photo: Courtesy JNS.org – A recent presentation during a mandatory …
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Syria
i24NEWS
i24news.tv - i24NEWS
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
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News
Son of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman at center of shootout
CNN - By Natalie Gallón, Helen Regan
Mexico City (CNN) — A bloody, prolonged shootout between Mexican security forces and suspected cartel members in Sinaloa state this week was an intentional — and ultimately abandoned — attempt to capture
4 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
Hate Crimes
Transgender hate crimes surge by 37 per cent in just one year
pinknews.co.uk
Reports of hate crimes against transgender people have risen by 37 percent in just one year, according to alarming new figures. The official Home …
October 15
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
China
'Think of your family': China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests
The Guardian - Benjamin Haas in Munich
The Chinese government should not use my family to threaten me Abduljelil Emet Two days after Abdujelil Emet sat in the public gallery of Germany’s parliament during a hearing on human rights, he received
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
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Bulgaria
England soccer game halted twice as Bulgaria fans make Nazi salute, racism
timesofisrael.com - By AP
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — England’s Football Association called on UEFA to take “very stringent” action after the country’s European Championship …
6 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
Christina Koch
First-Ever All-Female Spacewalk to Happen in Next 48 Hours
Nerdist - Matthew Hart
NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon are set to be hugely inspiring, in part, because they will see the first woman in history set foot on …
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Equality & Tolerance
ObamaCare
Federal judge overturns ObamaCare transgender protections
thehill.com - Nathaniel Weixel
A federal judge on Tuesday overturned ObamaCare protections for transgender patients, ruling that a 2016 policy violates the religious freedoms of …
6 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Positive News
Ellen Degeneres
‘Be kind to everyone’: Ellen DeGeneres defends hanging out with George Bush
The Guardian - André Wheeler
Ellen DeGeneres typically kicks off her show with a set of jokes. Yesterday, she took a different approach. The 61-year-old comedian responded to online criticism brewing over her hanging out with former
October 8
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Kamala Harris
During Iowa visit, Kamala Harris unveils job tax credits as part of $100 billion rural plan
desmoinesregister.com - Tyler Jett
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris shares her recipe for salad dressing with the Grimm family before joining them for dinner. TIPTON, Ia. — In front of about two …
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Science
Prenatal Development
Stressed Mothers Have More Girls — a Lot More Girls
haaretz.com - Ruth Schuster
Here’s some advice for men who want a son: Be nice to his future mother. Yet more research has now demonstrated that women harrowed by physical and …
5 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Syria
Senior Kurdish politician and women’s rights leader killed in northeastern Syria
rudaw.net
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A senior Kurdish politician in northeastern Syria was killed by an as of yet undetermined party as fighting between Turkish …
October 12
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Nancy Pelosi
Trump tweeted a photo of Nancy Pelosi to insult her, and it backfired spectacularly
Mashable - Morgan Sung
Trump's latest attempt to dunk on Nancy Pelosi really didn't work out. Democratic congressional leaders sat down with Trump for a meeting about Syria on Wednesday, but they walked out after the president
5 days ago