Day: June 11, 2024

Anti-Israel protesters set up new encampment at UCLA, clash with police

3:24 pm June 11, 2024

Anti-Israel protesters set up a new encampment on UCLA’s campus Monday, leading to a police response in an effort to clear the area. Demonstrators set up tents at Dickson Plaza, where a previous encampment that lasted more than a week in April and May was located before police cleared the area and arrested more than […]

Cookbook for Jewish holiday of Shavuot honors hostages still held captive in Gaza: ‘Food is home’

3:20 pm June 11, 2024

In honor of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a volunteer organization founded by relatives of abductees in Gaza, has dedicated a cookbook the group produced called “Shavuot of Longing.” Shavuot this year takes place beginning the evening […]

BlackRock adds new proxy advisory firm amid ESG criticism as critics say ‘too little, too late’

2:30 pm June 11, 2024

BlackRock announced Tuesday that it is partnering with a third proxy advisory firm to give its clients a wider range of investment counsel as critics suggested the mammoth asset manager is trying to make up for allegations that it leans into ESG (environmental, social, governance) tenets more than its fiduciary responsibilities merit. In a release […]

DC official used restorative justice for young criminals of stabbings, hate crimes to avoid jail time

2:30 pm June 11, 2024

A government bureaucrat boasted about implementing a program based on an “ancient indigenous practice” at the Washington, D.C. attorney general’s office to allow some young criminals, who committed stabbings and hate crimes, to avoid jail time. Seema Gajwani was hired in 2015 by the D.C. attorney general as special counsel for Juvenile Justice Reform. Gajwani […]

Gender dysphoria and eating disorders have skyrocketed since pandemic, report reveals: ‘Ripple effects’

2:30 pm June 11, 2024

Mental health diagnoses in children have skyrocketed since the COVID pandemic — led by gender dysphoria and eating disorders, according to a new report. LexisNexis Risk Solutions analyzed medical claims data submitted between 2019 and 2023 for patients under age 18. Overall, mental health claims rose 83% among young people in that time frame. ‘GENDER-AFFIRMING’ […]