Palestinian Lives, and Death: An Interview With Rachel Kushner Palestinian Lives, and Death: An Interview With Rachel Kushner
“It was really demoralizing to people that he died in this way. It hurt so sharply, and it still hurts,” the author said.
May 14, 2021 / Jon Wiener
‘Where Are the Moderate Hindus?’ ‘Where Are the Moderate Hindus?’
India is reeling from two deadly viruses: Covid-19 and Hindutva—a century-old far-right political ideology whose founders were directly inspired by Hitler’s Nazism and Italian Fasc...
May 14, 2021 / Sunita Viswanath
Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front
The imprisonment of Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen and the prospect of humane redistribution of wealth show California both failing and aspiring to its political promise.
May 14, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
A Nightmare of Terror Across the Landscape of Palestine A Nightmare of Terror Across the Landscape of Palestine
As Israeli lynch mobs roam the streets attacking Palestinians, and as Israeli war planes drop bombs on Gaza, it’s essential to understand how we arrived at this moment.
May 13, 2021 / Yousef Munayyer
Palestinian Lives—and Deaths Palestinian Lives—and Deaths
Rachel Kushner on refugees and Adam Shatz on Edward Said
May 13, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The IOC Is Now Daring Olympic Athletes to Protest The IOC Is Now Daring Olympic Athletes to Protest
By trying to stamp out protest at the Tokyo Games, the IOC has set the stage for a more meaningful dissent.
May 13, 2021 / Dave Zirin
Trump’s Obsessive Attacks Won’t Silence Ilhan Omar’s Defense of Palestinian Human Rights Trump’s Obsessive Attacks Won’t Silence Ilhan Omar’s Defense of Palestinian Human Rights
Rather than address concerns about Israeli air strikes killing Palestinian children, Trump and his allies target a Muslim member of Congress.
May 13, 2021 / John Nichols
Time for Mutiny Over Turkey’s Bounties on Kurdish Leaders Time for Mutiny Over Turkey’s Bounties on Kurdish Leaders
Why is the Biden administration blindly following Donald Trump’s policy of propping up Turkey’s authoritarian president?
May 13, 2021 / Meredith Tax
‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention ‘It’s Like a Black Hole’: ICE Has Been Holding Kids in Indefinite Detention
The agency has sent an unknown number of teenagers to juvenile jails and won’t tell anyone why.
May 13, 2021 / Ashoka Mukpo
Endless War Is a Feature of Our National Programming Endless War Is a Feature of Our National Programming
Let’s pull the plug on our war machine.
May 12, 2021 / William J. Astore