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Palestinian Women Protesting

Palestine’s First Intifada Is Still a Model for Grassroots Resistance Palestine’s First Intifada Is Still a Model for Grassroots Resistance

A new film reminds us of the power of united, nonviolent action.

Dec 8, 2017 / Sarah Aziza

Sheeran, Malone, Mars

Songs of Aggression Songs of Aggression

A review of popular music reveals striking and distressing similarities in the way men talk about and deal with women in today’s society.

Dec 8, 2017 / David Hajdu

Trump Jerusalem signing

After Jerusalem, the US Can No Longer Pretend to Be an Honest Broker of Peace After Jerusalem, the US Can No Longer Pretend to Be an Honest Broker of Peace

But that might not be a bad thing.

Dec 8, 2017 / Rashid Khalidi

Uintah Basin

This Is How the Trump Administration Gives Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands This Is How the Trump Administration Gives Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to oil and gas drilling.

Dec 8, 2017 / Adam Federman

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The Racist Right Looks Left The Racist Right Looks Left

At Richard Spencer’s secret conference, white supremacists denounce corporate capitalism.

Dec 8, 2017 / Donna Minkowitz

Trump Draws (Video)

Trump Draws (Video) Trump Draws (Video)

Tilting at windbags.

Dec 8, 2017 / OppArt / Richard Borge

Jerusalem Israeli soldiers

Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit Will Speed the Colonization of Palestinian Lands Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit Will Speed the Colonization of Palestinian Lands

But Palestinians will continue to seek ways to secure their rights to freedom and equality.

Dec 7, 2017 / Nadia Hijab and Zena Agha

The Once and Future Europe

The Once and Future Europe The Once and Future Europe

Emmanuel Macron, France’s “start-up president,” wants to move fast, even if it means breaking things—and the unforeseen turmoil in German domestic politics may help him do just tha...

Dec 7, 2017 / Arthur Goldhammer

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In Syria, ‘Reconciliation’ Is Bleak In Syria, ‘Reconciliation’ Is Bleak

The people of Moadamiya and Daraya were once a legend of the resistance, but today we feel like we’ve been forgotten by the world.

Dec 7, 2017 / Humam Moadamani

Rex Tillerson

There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State

A renovated foreign policy rests on a great variety of factors beyond a house-cleaning at State.

Dec 7, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

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