Akela Lacy
Reporter at The Intercept
Human | reporter @theintercept & co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast | past lives @POLITICO @pulitzercenter | Philly bred | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
theintercept.com | Akela Lacy
Harvard Divinity School broke precedent by refusing to publish a video of its commencement speech after a speaker went off-script to call attention to the perilous conditions in Gaza, The Intercept has learned. “There are no safe zones left in Gaza after 600 days and 77 years of genocide,” said Zehra Imam, who graduated from the Harvard Divinity School this spring and participated in the embattled Religion and Public Life program.
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1 week ago |
theintercept.com | Akela Lacy
It may come as little surprise that President Donald Trump’s administration is benefitting the wealthy. Trump’s plan to fund $5 trillion in tax cuts for corporations and the uber-rich relies on cutting hundreds of billions of dollars in services for working people, including Medicaid.
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2 weeks ago |
theintercept.com | Akela Lacy
Cities and towns throughout the United States are expected to see growing protests this weekend against President Donald Trump’s deportation regime and aggressive tactics to repress and intimidate protesters. After witnessing the Los Angeles Police Department’s use of tear gas, bean-bag munitions, and rubber bullets at recent protests, anyone planning to attend demonstrations this weekend likely knows they could encounter police aggression.
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2 weeks ago |
theintercept.com | Akela Lacy
Seventy-five House Democrats voted on Monday in support of a resolution that praised President Donald Trump’s deportation regime. The vote came as Trump deployed more than 1,700 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to crush protests against increased U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and mass arrests. Sponsored by Rep.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Akela Lacy
Whether or not he actually stops contributing is still an open question. Elon Musk’s pledge to step back from campaign spending — if he means it — is rippling across the nation’s political landscape. Some Republicans are worried that they might be losing their whale. Some Democrats fear they are …
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RT @jonahmv: NEW: CBP revoked visas from two Palestinian peace activists — Eid and Awdah Hathaleen — before detaining them on Wednesday at…
RT @BMarchetich: The National Guard troops & marines deployed to LA have told family members they're unhappy about it, don't support what t…
RT @carolecadwalla: More journalists killed in Gaza than World War 1, World War 2, Vietnam, Yugoslavia & Afghanistan combined