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Israel, the DEI exception to 'everyone': How the music industry lost its moral compass - opinion

If DEI ever mattered as much as I believed it did in the music industry and rave culture, 7 October 2023 would become a rude awakening.

Bob Vylan crowdsurfs in front of the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.
Stanford student Taryn Thomas said she initially joined pro-Palestinian activism with good intentions.

Former pro-Palestinian activist from Stanford explains why she left the movement

 A boy holds a Palestinian flag at a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during a temporary truce between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in Frankfurt, Germany, November 25, 2023

Florida congressional candidate seeks ban for flags promoting Palestine, BLM, and Gay Pride

 US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with President Isaac Herzog in her ceremonial offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, US, July 19, 2023

BLM founder: Right-wing pro-Israel activists will cast Harris as antisemitic


The Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

The decision, announced Monday in a press release and a two-page brochure that will go out to Jewish organizations, will free the JCPA to pursue liberal agenda items favored by American Jews.

A kippah-clad man holds a sign reading "Jews for Black Lives" at the weekly Black Lives Matter "Jackie Lacey Must Go!" protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020.

Former Minnesota police officer sentenced in George Floyd case

Former officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced today through a video link from an Ohio federal prison.

A local resident takes a selfie in front of a mural of George Floyd after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, April 20, 2021.

Kanye West: The rise and fall of the American rap icon - explainer

Kanye West is one of the most successful musical artists in human history, but he has become embroiled in political and celebrity controversy while also suffering from mental illness.

 Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 9, 2020.

Kanye West claims George Floyd died from fentanyl, family mulls lawsuit

Controversial rapper Kanye West spoke on the Drink Champs podcast after watching Candace Owens' new documentary and claimed George Floyd wasn't killed by police, but fentanyl.

Rapper Kanye West makes a point as he holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, US July 19, 2020.

Four Kentucky police officers charged in Breonna Taylor killing

Detective Brett Hankinson fired 10 shots into Taylor's apartment through a window and glass door that were covered with blinds and curtains.

 Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, stands next to a painting of her daughter at a gathering to mark two years since police officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor when they entered her home, at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, US, March 13, 2022.

BLM responsible for rise in US hate crimes - opinion

Based on the behavior and radical ideologies of BLM, it’s simply time to formally condemn the group as a domestic terrorist organization by definition and to seek federal prosecution.

 ST. LOUIS County police confront anti-police demonstrators during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2015. Officers in riot gear clashed with protesters who had gathered to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen.

Nothing in history compares to the Holocaust - opinion

To label the black experience a Holocaust?! That clearly crosses a line. Nothing in history can be compared to what the Jews encountered in the Holocaust.

 DEPICTION OF how slaves were kept below decks for shipment, National Museum of Bermuda.

Former Minneapolis police officer to be sentenced on federal charges

Former Minneapolis police officer, Thomas Lane, will be sentenced on Thursday on federal charges for his role in the death of George Floyd.

A local resident takes a selfie in front of a mural of George Floyd after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, April 20, 2021.

Video shows Ohio officers killed unarmed Black man in hail of bullets

25-year-old Jayland Walker was sprayed with some 60 bullets by eight police officers in Akron, Ohio, after fleeting a traffic stop. He was unarmed.

 Elizabeth Paige White and Bobby DiCello holding a picture of Jayland Walker attend a news conference following the Akron police shooting death of Black man Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, US July 3, 2022.

Three Minneapolis ex-police officers guilty of violating George Floyd's rights

Three former Minneapolis police officers were found guilty on Thursday of depriving George Floyd of his rights by failing to give aid to the handcuffed Black man pinned beneath a colleague's knee.

Protesters in Minneapolis demonstrate against the death in police custody of George Floyd, May 29, 2020