Jonah Valdez

With endorsements and a new pledge for lawmakers, TrackAIPAC is flexing its growing influence on the Capitol.

With endorsements and a new pledge for lawmakers, TrackAIPAC is flexing its growing influence on the Capitol.

The political arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, known for protesting the genocide in Gaza, is wading into the race for the open Senate seat in Michigan.

While establishment Democrats argue socialists are confined to the coasts, DSA chapters have helped elevate more than 300 candidates nationwide.

In an interview, Ro Khanna recounts the fear at being detained and says anyone who visits the West Bank “would conclude that it is apartheid.”

House candidate Connie Chan is backed by Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and now TrackAIPAC, signaling the growing influence of a politics skeptical of Israel.

AIPAC has spent nearly $30 million against the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, fueling ads that paint him as a terrorist sympathizer.

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens – despite a record-setting $60 million in outside spending in her favor.

Momodou Taal and Amandla Thomas-Johnson were finishing their graduate degrees abroad because of targeting by the Trump administration. Cornell is ordering them back to campus.

This article was originally published on Aug. 14, 2026. It was republished with permission from The Intercept, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, […]