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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to the media on August 30, 2024.

Israel and Hezbollah Clash, Macron Refuses to Appoint a Left-Wing PM, and AMLO Pauses US Embassy Relations Israel and Hezbollah Clash, Macron Refuses to Appoint a Left-Wing PM, and AMLO Pauses US Embassy Relations

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

Aug 30, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

Delegates wearing keffiyehs hold up signs with the names of people who died in the Gaza war on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 20, 2024.

I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris

But the hope I felt when she became the nominee has been curdling into despair over her refusal to allow a Palestinian to address the convention—and her continuing silence on Gaza...

Aug 30, 2024 / Benjamin Moser

Demonstrators march in protest to the war in Gaza near the United Center where the Democratic National Convention (DNC) is taking place on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not

The party may have successfully prevented Palestinians from addressing the DNC. But it cannot hold back the tide forever.

Aug 29, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh

Two women stand in uniform with their hands behind their back.

Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War

On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united....

Aug 29, 2024 / Bill Gallegos

Riot police hold back anti-immigrant protesters near a burning police vehicle in Southport, England.

The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris

Like the Tories, the new Labour government wants to blame immigration for Britain’s current troubles, but these have less to do with immigration than with deprivation.

Aug 29, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Displaced From Sudan, Young Refugees Find Solace at School

Displaced From Sudan, Young Refugees Find Solace at School Displaced From Sudan, Young Refugees Find Solace at School

After fleeing war-torn nightmares, refugees in neighboring Egypt are finding a way to dream again.

Aug 29, 2024 / Photo Essay / Walaa Alshaer and Elle Kurancid

NBC News' Raf Sanchez embeds with the Israeli military to travel into the Gaza Strip.

The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists The US Media, Israel, and Palestinian Journalists

On this episode of American Prestige, Séamus Malekafzali on media and the Middle East.

Aug 27, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

Locals carry out search and rescue efforts after an Israeli attack on the Ridwan family home in Rafah, Gaza, on April 20, 2024.

“I Couldn’t Ask if She Was Still Alive”: A Girl, Her Mother, and a Bloody Night in Gaza “I Couldn’t Ask if She Was Still Alive”: A Girl, Her Mother, and a Bloody Night in Gaza

“I felt something warm on my hand. I couldn’t see what it was in the darkness. Then I realized it was blood.”

Aug 26, 2024 / Lujayn

Ukraine’s Kursk Invasion, New US Sanctions for Venezuela, and the Philippine-Chinese Confrontation

Ukraine’s Kursk Invasion, New US Sanctions for Venezuela, and the Philippine-Chinese Confrontation Ukraine’s Kursk Invasion, New US Sanctions for Venezuela, and the Philippine-Chinese Confrontation

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

Aug 23, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

A pro-Palestinian protest on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Palestinian Exclusion Shows the Limits of Kamala Harris’s Politics of Joy Palestinian Exclusion Shows the Limits of Kamala Harris’s Politics of Joy

The Democratic convention’s giddy vibe shift is shadowed by ongoing war and a failure to hear Palestinian voices.

Aug 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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