COVID-19: The Great Forgetting

DSA Lawmaker Claims Shoplifting For "Biological Need" Shouldn't Be Illegal A radical Democratic Socialist lawmaker from New York is under fire after declaring that theft driven by "biological need" shouldn't be treated as a crime, effectively green-lighting shoplifting while slamming big retailers. Emily Gallagher, a New York State Assembly member and part of the Democratic Socialists of America's New York State Socialists in Office caucus, sparked outrage this week with comments defending petty theft at a press conference outside Manhattan Criminal Court. "Most of what we saw were crimes of poverty -...

The US military has identified the third soldier killed by an Iranian missile attack in Jordan on July 17 as Iran continues targeting US bases across the region, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it inflicted more US casualties. The soldier, Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, was initially reported […]