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Black police officers’ group calls for ethnic minorities to boycott joining Met | Metropolitan police

The National Black Police Association (NBPA) has called on ethnic minorities to boycott the Metropolitan Police Department, protesting a “racist and persistent” misconduct investigation into a senior police officer. In the first boycott call in 20 years, the association comes after Charles Ehikioya, president of the Metropolitan Black Police Association (Met BPA), raised concerns about […]

Joe Biden’s Executive Order Is a Gift to ‘Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions’ (BDS)

President Joe Biden announced Thursday an executive order targeting what he called “extremist settler violence” that allows the U.S. to sanction Israel and Israelis much more broadly. It is a gift to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The BDS movement began more than 20 years ago, during World War II. intifadawhen Palestinian […]

Northern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott

Northern Ireland’s largest British trade union party, the Democratic Unionist Party, has agreed to end its two-year boycott. The breakthrough is in line with a deadline set by the British government to urge Northern Ireland politicians to restore the Northern Ireland Parliament. The party’s boycott in February 2022 over disagreements over trade rules left Northern […]

After Trump’s boycott and new cancellations, do debates still matter?

Republican primary debates could end abruptly this year. This week, two Republican debates scheduled to be held before the January 23 New Hampshire primary were canceled within 24 hours of each other. ABC News and WMUR were the first to move, canceling Tuesday's debate scheduled for Thursday. CNN subsequently canceled the clash, which was scheduled […]