Author: Reporter

A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled by protesters in Washington in 2020 will be restored and replaced this fall, in line with Donald Trump’s autocratic vision for America’s historical narrative to honor White Nationalists. The National Park Service announced in August that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure among Freemasons, would resume its previous position in Washington’s Judiciary Square, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. It was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate military leader in the nation’s capital. The statue was pulled down with ropes and...

Israel’s military targeted and killed an “Al Jazeera” correspondent and others with an airstrike on August 10 in Gaza, after press advocates said an Israeli “smear campaign” stepped up when Anas al-Sharif cried on air over starvation in the territory. Both Israel and hospital officials in Gaza City confirmed the deaths of al-Sharif and colleagues, which the Committee to Protect Journalists and others described as retribution against those documenting the war in Gaza. Israel’s military falsely asserted that al-Sharif had led a Hamas cell, an allegation that “Al Jazeera” and al-Sharif previously dismissed as baseless. The military has previously...