Month: February 2024

Latimer’s average contribution is four times larger than Bowman’s

February 25, 2024 / Editor, NewYork16.org / 0 Comments

From left to right: U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman; Westchester County Executive and Congressional primary challenger George Latimer.

An original analysis of campaign finance receipts by NewYork16.org gets beneath the surface of the two candidates’ roughly equal fundraising totals.

Analysis: What role does basic humanitarian responsibility play in Congressmembers’ approach to Israel/Palestine?

February 24, 2024 / Editor, NewYork16.org / 0 Comments

The Turkish political cartoonist Mikail Çiftçi is careful to draw both Israel government and American flags flying from the back of the tank. His cartoon reflects globally widespread belief about Israel being so closely backed by the United States that an American flag flying from its tank is considered an immediately graspable joke.