New York police officers arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters who’d occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on Tuesday night while pro-Israeli counterprotestors attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.
Meanwhile, an overwhelming majority of House lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of passing the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, a bill that critics say could create an overboard definition of what counts as anti-semitic speech on college campuses and other educational institutions. Todd Zwillich, a longtime Washington reporter and friend of the show, explains how the bill is part of a cynical ploy on the part of Republicans to divide Democrats.
And in headlines: Arizona lawmakers voted to reverse the state's Civil War-era abortion ban, the Federal Reserve moved to keep interest rates flat, and the U.S. could have more than 100 million doses of bird flu vaccines available for people within four months if the disease jumps to humans.
Show Notes:
Is This Progressive Answer to Crime Working?
Congress Weighs Drafting Women To Military
The Push For Federal Action On Extreme Heat
A Georgia Man's Life Mission To Preserve Black History
Netanyahu Dissolves Israel’s War Cabinet
Trump's Odds Of Getting Conviction Reversed
The Real Story Behind the Far-Right's Rise in Europe
SCOTUS Maintains Access to Abortion Drug...For Now
Rep. Jamie Raskin On Project 2025
Hunter Biden's Guilty Verdict
How Climate Change Is Impacting Reproductive Health
Israel Hostage Rescue Mission Kills Scores of Palestinians
Why Is the SAT Back (Again)?
SCOTUS Holds Off On Big Case Decisions... Again
Harris, Trump Head To California To Court Big-Money Donors
Sen. Alex Padilla: Biden's Border Plan Is "Unconscionable"
Biden's Executive Order For The Border
Celebrity Endorsements For The Win?
Trump, Guilty As Charged. Now What?
Trump's Fate Now In The Hands Of Manhattan Jury
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