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Guantánamo Bay

Guantánamo Is 22 Years Old. It’s Time to Retire. Guantánamo Is 22 Years Old. It’s Time to Retire.

Though its anniversary may go unnoticed, it’s still here—a dark and shameful continuation of the War on Terror.

Jan 12, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the press at the Los Angeles General Hospital in October 2023.

California Gets One Step Closer to Universal Healthcare California Gets One Step Closer to Universal Healthcare

This year, the Golden State expanded coverage to all low-income residents—regardless of immigration status.

Jan 12, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

What Wouldn’t Jesus Do?

What Wouldn’t Jesus Do? What Wouldn’t Jesus Do?

The speaker of the house can tell you.

Jan 11, 2024 / OppArt / Robbie Conal

Palestinians carrying flags and banners gather at the Nelson Mandela Square to demonstrate in support of the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice, on January 10, 2024, in Ramallah, the West Bank.

South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West

South Africa is not only challenging Israel—it is trying to break the spell of US hegemony.

Jan 11, 2024 / Tony Karon

EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager

Can the EU’s Digital Services Act Inspire US Tech Regulation? Can the EU’s Digital Services Act Inspire US Tech Regulation?

“The effect of these large, European digital laws is going to be felt well beyond the borders of Europe.”

Jan 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Nadia Scharf

Central Americans seeking asylum status

The Refugee Crisis Isn’t Isolated to One Country The Refugee Crisis Isn’t Isolated to One Country

Displaced people are found worldwide in unprecedented numbers.

Jan 11, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon

In this photo illustration, the social medias applications logos, Twitter, Messenger, Telegram, Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat, Gmail, Facebook and Google are displayed on the screen of an Apple iPhone.

What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade What Social Media Meant for the Mass Protest Decade

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Vincent Bevins discusses why the horizontalism of the 2010s mass protest movements didn’t quite work.

Jan 11, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

A screen at the entrance of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church displays a picture of Tyre Nichols, who was beaten to death by police officers in January 2023.

The Cops Killed More People in 2023 Than They Had in Years The Cops Killed More People in 2023 Than They Had in Years

Three-and-a-half years after the George Floyd protests rocked country, we are back to the quiet acceptance of systemic injustice.

Jan 11, 2024 / Elie Mystal

A protester holds a placard reading, “Jews for a Free Palestine,” in Dunn Meadow at Indiana University to demonstrate against the Israeli ground operation into Gaza. The rally was titled, “Stand With Gaza. Rally and Mourn the Innocent Lives of Palestinians.”

Indiana University Caves to Political Pressure by Suspending a Tenured Professor Indiana University Caves to Political Pressure by Suspending a Tenured Professor

In late November, I wrote a piece The Nation headlined, “Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism is Duplicitous and Dangerous.” Banks responde…

Jan 10, 2024 / Jeffrey C. Isaac

Tonnage

Tonnage Tonnage

In Gaza.

Jan 10, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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