Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward WATCH: Counter-Protesters Ruin ‘White Lives Matter’ Rally In Tennessee
A so-called “White Lives Matter” rally organized by a neo-Confederate group called the League of the South went forward Saturday in the small town of Shelbyville, Tennessee, but a follow-up rally in nearby Murfreesboro was scuppered after the marchers learned they would be taunted and outnumbered by counter-protesters. Competing White Lives Matter and Black Lives…
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Fast Forward L.A. Mayor Garcetti Won’t Run For California Gov.—Opening Up 2020 Possibilities
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Sunday that he will not run for governor of California in 2018—thereby raising questions about whether the next campaign he wants to run is for president in 2020. “I have decided not to run for Governor of California,” Garcetti wrote on Twitter. “I am passionate about my city and…
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Fast Forward Website Backed By Paul Singer Funded Research That Led To Trump-Russia Dossier
A conservative news website funded by hedge fund billionaire and political megadonor Paul Singer was the first entity to contract a research firm to dig up dirt on then-candidate Donald Trump—leading to the infamous dossier containing unverified claims about Trump’s ties to Russia. The Washington Free Beacon notified the House Intelligence Committee on Friday that…
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Fast Forward All Is Now Right In The World, Because Bamba Is Coming To Trader Joe’s
Look, 2017 has been a tough year. Political divisions have torn our country apart. Climate change is making our planet increasingly inhospitable. “The Emoji Movie” was a thing. But lo, good news has emerged from the food wizards of Monrovia, California: Trader Joe’s will soon be selling Bamba. The famed Israeli snack, which is frustratingly…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Arrested After Facebook Translates ‘Good Morning’ As ‘Attack Them’
A Palestinian man was mistakenly arrested in Israel after Facebook’s translation software turned his “good morning” photo caption into a threat. The man, who works in a West Bank settlement, posted a photo of himself next to a bulldozer with the message “good morning” in Arabic. But Facebook’s proprietary translation algorithm translated it into Hebrew…
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Fast Forward Anti-BDS Advocate Kenneth Marcus Tapped For Top Education Post
The Trump administration has nominated a Jewish advocate to hold the top civil rights position at the Department of Education. Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, was named Thursday as the nominee to be the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights. He will serve under Secretary…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Aly Raisman Speaks Out On Sexual Harassment, Judaism And Her Future
Aly Raisman is a three-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, a social media star with over 2.2 million followers on Instagram and now a published author. But Raisman, age 23, proudly says that she still relies on her parents for guidance. “I definitely go to my mom all the time for advice,” Raisman told the Forward…
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Fast Forward Leon Wieseltier Let Go From Magazine Over ‘Past Inappropriate Workplace Conduct’
Jewish intellectual Leon Wieseltier has been let go from his role in starting a new magazine after its ownership learned of “past inappropriate workplace conduct,” Politico reported Tuesday. Wielseltier, the longtime literary editor of The New Republic magazine, had been working this year on launching a new publication for the Emerson Collective, a company owned…
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