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Gaza is being obliterated, and no global power is doing anything to stop it.
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There’s an ongoing debate about when Biden backers should panic. But with new opponents and new issues, it’s time to start paying attention to the nomination contest.
All We Want in Gaza Is to Live All We Want in Gaza Is to Live
We don’t want condolences or speeches. We want to be treated like human beings, and we want less trauma in our lives.
Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime
In his new novel, the bard of Boerum Hill interrogates the brutal truths of gentrification.
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Why the Democrats’ Path Back to Power Runs Through the Kitchen Table Why the Democrats’ Path Back to Power Runs Through the Kitchen Table
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Israel-Gaza War
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The mainstream media’s relentless dehumanization of Palestinians is enabling Israeli war crimes.
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Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters from Cincinnati, Ohio, gathered in Ziegler Park. “My city no longer exists. My village is no longer there.”
The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn
At the Jewish Voice for Peace rally, thousands of protesters made clear that they will no longer allow the suffering of the Jewish people to be weaponized against others.
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Politics
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Why I Just Quit DSA Why I Just Quit DSA
After over four decades as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the group’s founding members is leaving in sorrow and anger.
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Trump wants his close political ally Ohio Republican Jim Jordan to become second in the line of presidential succession. Brace yourselves.
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Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., is a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince its 3,000 workers they’re on the same side?
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No one wants a person convicted of a sex offense in their neighborhood. So New York keeps them in prison long past their release dates.
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