The Caucus: Democrats Restore Language On Jerusalem To Party Platform

Turkey passed a new law Tuesday aimed at removing millions of stray dogs that animal welfare activists worry could lead to a mass culling. The legislation was approved in a marathon overnight session before the country’s parliament begins a summer recess in August. Its passage follows weeks of protests that have seen thousands take to the streets over the controversial legislation. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Local governments will now be required to house stray dogs in shelters and neuter, spay, and vaccinate them so that they can be adopted, The Independent reported.

Six months after being ousted as the supervisor of Green Charter Township in rural western Michigan, Jim Chapman is sitting at the dining table in his son’s house, a haven from the dirty looks and death threats that continue even now. A self-described conservative Republican who was a police officer before entering local politics, Chapman says his downfall was negotiating to bring a $2.4 billion electric-vehicle-battery plant owned by a Chinese company to town, what he calls a once-in-a-generation opportunity to grow the local economy. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The backlash was swift and withering.

American model Bella Hadid has spoken out for the first time after she starred in a controversial Adidas campaign earlier this month that was criticized by Israel, saying she “would never have participated” had she done more research into it. Hadid had appeared in ads for the rerelease of the brand’s classic SL 72 sneaker, which debuted with the 1972 Munich Olympics, where the Palestinian militant group Black September killed 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The SL72 campaign was promoted widely, and even appeared on a billboard in New York City’s Times Square.

In the past 10 years, headlines have been dominated by incidents of police violence, from the tragic killing of Michael Brown, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and most recently Sonya Massey to the numerous protests that followed. These events have sparked a national conversation about the role and history of policing in the United States.

When my father arrived in America from Ethiopia in 1978, he was resettled, with the help of an immigration agency, to Peoria, Ill. He found a job working on the factory floor of a Caterpillar Inc. plant, and by the time my mother, sister, and I joined him two years later, he’d already found a two-bedroom apartment two blocks from the Catholic school my sister and I would attend. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It was a startlingly American childhood, made more so by the fact that we spent our weekends at a Southern Baptist church on the other side of town.

After a remarkable first week as a presidential candidate in which she pulled even with Donald Trump in polls and injected new enthusiasm into the Democratic Party, Kamala Harris is sprinting to convert the summer-time flush of excitement into votes in November. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Harris for President campaign is moving quickly to add to the paid staff installed by the Biden campaign across the country, including hiring 150 staffers during the first two weeks of August to deploy in the so-called Blue Wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.