With His Immigration Policy, Biden Capitulates to the Right’s Racist Agenda With His Immigration Policy, Biden Capitulates to the Right’s Racist Agenda
Trump’s strategy has been clear: stoke fear about immigration to secure more votes. Biden shouldn’t be following in his footsteps.
What the Left Can Learn From Jamaal Bowman’s Loss What the Left Can Learn From Jamaal Bowman’s Loss
There are key lessons for progressives to absorb from this painful defeat.
“They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza “They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza
In December, Israeli ground troops entered a Gaza apartment building filled with innocent people. Survivors told Al Jazeera that the soldiers left a “bloodbath” in their wake.
Down in the Dirt With Elfriede Jelinek Down in the Dirt With Elfriede Jelinek
A long awaited English translation of her shocking magnum opus, The Children of the Dead, asks its readers to look at the violent history buried just beneath their feet.
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While dictators kill troublesome journalists with guns and missiles, democracies can afford to be more patient. But the end result is the same.
What Would I.F. Stone Think of WikiLeaks? What Would I.F. Stone Think of WikiLeaks?
America’s greatest investigative journalist believed in letting the truth be told, even over the protest of state officials. But what would he make of WikiLeaks’s secret-telling?
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Global courts challenge Israeli action in Gaza.
Who Will Govern South Africa? Who Will Govern South Africa?
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Even among staunchly antiwar politicians and pundits, few bother to mention the cost of the war to civilians.
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The same justifications we’ve used to restrict conservative speech are being used to silence us on Palestine. We need a different approach.
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The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now
The Heritage Foundation’s 1980 manual aimed to roll back the state and unleash the free market. The 2025 vision is more extreme, and even more dangerous.
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