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Jewish Voice for Peace held its largest-ever national member meeting in Baltimore from April 31 through May 4, with more than 2,000 attending. We feature the address of Democratic Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, who addressed the conference as it began. “Why is it that our government always has enough money for bombs, to bomb people, to kill people, but never seems to have money to provide people with healthcare, with housing, enough food for their families?” Tlaib asked in her address.

We speak with Congressmember Bonnie Watson Coleman, one of three Democratic lawmakers the Department of Homeland Security has threatened to arrest after they went Friday to inspect a newly reopened private ICE jail. They are accused of assaulting ICE officers. This comes after federal agents arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on trespassing charges after he joined their congressional delegation. The response of Trump officials has been to “lie and to deflect and to try to create legitimacy for illegitimate things that they are doing,” says Watson Coleman.

...CONGRATS... Longtime WaPo editorial cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, won a Pulitzer this week for her "piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with the deftness, creativity --- and fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years." She left after her toon that criticized Post owner Jeff Bezos and other media titans --- [...]

Gotta keep it short today. (You're welcome.) But there's plenty to make up for it on today's very lively BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among our coverage... Habemus Papam! And all signs are that Pope Leo XIV may be a good one...even if he's from Chicago. Happily, the new Pope tossed Donald Trump's dumb, [...]

With YES! Media closing down, it’s time to take Rising Up With Sonali independent. 

Rarely do we see literature tackling South Asia and India’s biggest social issue: caste, and particularly anti-caste justice. A newly published groundbreaking anthology aims to change that.