Day: May 22, 2021
Insurrection commission, Trump Organization is investigated & critical race theory
Thirty-five Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday in passing a bill to create a bipartisan, independent commission to thoroughly investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, giving hope to backers it might also pass the Senate, despite Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s opposition. Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and MacArthur Fellow, was denied tenure following conservative outcry over the 1619 Project …
Israeli FM spokesperson challenged on Gaza death toll, apartheid state comparisons, occupation
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Paul Hirchson. Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the Gaza death toll, which has risen to 248, including 66 children, the Israeli bombing of a media office hosting the Associated Press and Al Jazeera in Gaza, illegal settlements and occupation of Palestinian land, accusations of Israel being an apartheid state, Palestine’s right to resistance and much mor …