Understanding Life for Black Israelis Understanding Life for Black Israelis
The conversation about Israel’s devastating war in Palestine should also urge a discussion about the state of the country’s Black residents.
Jan 30, 2024 / Column / Kali Holloway
The New Do-Nothing Congress The New Do-Nothing Congress
Representatives failed to make progress on most matters of consequence for the past year, but they sure had a lot to say.
Jan 25, 2024 / Column / Chris Lehmann
What Israel’s Destruction of the Great Omari Mosque Means What Israel’s Destruction of the Great Omari Mosque Means
Yes, it’s a crime against cultural heritage. But more importantly, it’s part of a campaign of total annihilation.
Jan 24, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War
As the US secretary of state shuttles to stop the war from expanding, the Israeli defense minister vows “months” more war on Gaza and suggests taking the fight to Iran.
Jan 8, 2024 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
We Need to Modify—Not Trash—Oregon’s Trailblazing Drug Decriminalization Law We Need to Modify—Not Trash—Oregon’s Trailblazing Drug Decriminalization Law
Measure 110 made Oregon the first in country to decriminalize all drugs. The law was poorly implemented and should be changed, not discarded.
Dec 22, 2023 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming
After a transformative year on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers’ ambitions for building worker power don’t stop at the US border.
Dec 18, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
The Invisible Victims of Anti-Black Policing The Invisible Victims of Anti-Black Policing
Racist policing is also deadly for Black women and girls—a reality that is far too often ignored or dismissed.
Dec 13, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead
The new biopic about the socialist organizer stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out?
Dec 12, 2023 / Class Notes / Adolph Reed Jr.