Republicans Refuse to Disavow Anti-Semitic Attacks on George Soros
An image of a Republican ad criticizing George SorosYouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day after the deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, the head of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee refused to disavow a campaign ad linking a Democratic candidate to George Soros, who was sent a…
Pittsburgh Shooter Used the Same Deadly Weapon That Led to Mass Murders in Parkland and Las Vegas
A memorial vigil in Pittsburgh Saturday night for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a press conference Sunday morning, federal officials announced new details about the deadly shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday morning. They…
How to Stop Hate From Fueling the Next Mass Shooting
A young boy holds a sign in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh during a memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As news broke that eleven people had been shot…
The Midterms Could Spell the End of the Bipartisan Climate Caucus
David Greedy/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the past two years, dozens of Republican and Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have banded together in the name of tackling climate change. This bipartisan…
Pittsburgh Tragedy Called the “Deadliest Attack on the Jewish Community in the History of the United States”
Keith Srakocic/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With 11 confirmed fatalities, Saturday’s armed assault on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue has emerged as an unprecedented act of anti-Semitic violence. The vast majority of the posts are anti-Semitic: “kike infestation,” “filthy EVIL jews.”Law enforcement was quick to regard the shootings as…
Former Rabbi of Targeted Pittsburgh Synagogue Speaks Out
Rabbi Chuck Diamond, a former Rabbi at Tree of Life Synagogue.AP/Gene J. Puskar Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Chuck Diamond heard there had been a shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation, he started heading right over. He was stopped at a police barricade several blocks away, as investigators on…