The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings. “Every time there is a shooting, we see an uptick in business,” says one, featured in the new HBO documentary Thoughts and Prayers, who sells bulletproof wall art and […]
A court decision allowing Israeli women to take the Chief Rabbinate’s exams is the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious learning within Orthodox Judaism.
Congress has finally voted to compel the Justice Department to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased convicted sex offender and power broker. After a near-unanimous vote in both legislative chambers, President Trump now says he will sign the bill into law. We play statements from a press conference held by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, who are celebrating the long-awaited win for transparency and accountability.
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Imagine: You are at a baseball game, but something is off. When the blue team is at bat, the umpire calls every pitch a strike. But when the red team is up, the umpire won’t call a single one. When a red batter hits the ball into a blue player’s glove—out!—the umpire sends him to […]
This story was co-published with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. In September, the US Department of Justice sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging that it had deprived “thousands of law-abiding” Californians of their fundamental rights. The lawsuit—spearheaded by the DOJ’s storied Civil Rights Division—was unusual. It didn’t take […]
Journalist Sami Hamdi joins Zeteo for a live town hall Q&A, where he’ll discuss what it was like to be detained by ICE agents last month following a critical speech he gave on Israel.