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if a palestinian senate candidate wrote this sentence-but substituted "jews" for "palestinians"-they would be forced to drop out. but i doubt a single gop leader will ask mandel to do so. that's how normalized anti-palestinian racism is. in us politics, it's the air we breathe

in recent weeks, russia escalated airstrikes against this densely populated piece of land, home to almost 5 million syrians. over half of residents are displaced. they have nowhere to run. the turkish border is locked.

jordan seems to have made up its mind very firmly in the normalization-or-isolation debate: as the border reopens, amman has gathered nine syrian and jordanian minsters to discuss infrastructure cooperation and revive trade ties.

it s un fath omable that mil lions more peo ple are go ing to die wait ing for vac cines just be cause of where they live. while the us other rich nations roll out booster shots, just 2.2% of ppl in low-income countries have had even 1 dose.

breaking news: r. kelly was found guilty of being the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit women and underage girls for sex. the verdict represents the first criminal consequence for the singer after decades of accusations of sexual abuse.

breaking: the jury found r. kelly guilty of racketeering in a sex trafficking case involving a scheme to recruit and sexually abuse women, girls and boys. he faces up to 20 years in prison under the racketeering charge.