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Demonstration held in Jordan to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Students at Universities Across Jordan Are Protesting for Gaza Students at Universities Across Jordan Are Protesting for Gaza

For months, thousands have flooded the country’s streets in protest. But students say that the surge of encampments in America helped increase actions at Jordanian universities.

May 10, 2024 / StudentNation / Esther Sun

Jews demonstrate calling for a cease-fire amid war between Israel and Hamas, at Grand Central Station in New York City on October 27, 2023.

A New Jewishness Is Being Born Before Our Eyes A New Jewishness Is Being Born Before Our Eyes

The future of our people is being written on campuses and in the streets. Thousands of Jews of all ages are creating something better than what we inherited.

May 10, 2024 / Will Alden

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms

Can a presidential candidate afford to lose gray matter to parasites?

May 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A campus police officer stand stands at the ready as protesters demonstrate at the University of Chicago on May 3, 2024.

Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students

While some of the worst behavior has come from local and state police, university police have shown themselves to be just as capable of brutality.

May 9, 2024 / Alex S. Vitale

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May 9, 2024 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023.

Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

In two decades, the ICC has never indicted a Western official. But a warrant may be coming for Benjamin Netanyahu.

May 9, 2024 / Reed Brody

Tesla electric vehicle on display

Tesla Is Choosing Hype Over Substance Tesla Is Choosing Hype Over Substance

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Ed Niedermeyer on Tesla's stagnation as an electric-vehicle manufacturer.

May 9, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Yale University students reoccupy a central lawn on campus and establish a second Gaza Solidarity camp after the first tents were taken down by campus police, April 26, 2024, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump

The potential next president and his allies are looking at the campus-led crackdown on free speech as a perfect dress rehearsal.

May 9, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, appears on

The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun

A new lawsuit filed against the state of Nevada by the Trump team and its friends in the RNC says a lot about how they plan to suppress the vote in November.

May 9, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché, authors of the new book “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment.”

The Work of Abolishing Prisons: A Q&A With Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché The Work of Abolishing Prisons: A Q&A With Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché

A conversation with Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché about their new book, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment.

May 9, 2024 / Q&A / Victoria Law

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