To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible
People with very different visions of what a just peace looks like must work together to stop this war.
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December 11/18, 2023, Issue
Cover art by: Ryan Brand (photo)
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Editorial
You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek
It’s time for Americans to claw their lives back from work.
“A Wall of Fire Smashed Into Me”: Dispatches From a Month in Gaza
Excerpts from the diary of Atef Abu Saif, who has been in Gaza since October 7.
Forget the Polls—Here’s What Actual Election Results Can Tell Us About 2024
There are far more insights to be found in this week’s elections than in theoretical surveys about a vote that won’t happen for a year.
Column
Subscribers Only Biden Supporters Still Don’t Get That He’s Sinking Because of Gaza
The president’s full-throated support of Israel’s war in Gaza continues to hurt him with young voters and voters of color—and the threat that Trump would be worse isn't resonating.
Mike Johnson’s “18th-Century Values”
The new speaker of the House says he's a history buff. But has he learned from it, or is he condemned to repeat it?
Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order”
World / Forever Wars / December 11/18, 2023, Issue Adherence to US hegemony determines who does—and does not—get to violate the architecture restraining state violence. Spencer Ackerman Share Facebook Twitter Email… Read MoreFeature
The Right to Speak for Ourselves
For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story.
What Made the Lights Go Out in Moore County?
As a drag show was taking place in the North Carolina region, an attack on the electrical grid shut the power down.
How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since “Roe” Fell
The state is now firmly held by Republicans, but organizers found a way to reach voters who are appalled by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe
Conversations with Jane Hirshfield, poet of the present moment.
Books & the Arts
Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust
In Zones of Interest and Occupied City, the two filmmakers attempt to depict the ordinary fascism and everyday violence of World War II.
Can the European Union Be Salvaged?
New books by Timothy Garton Ash and Loukas Tsoukalis document the moral and political exhaustion of the “EU” generation.
The Radical Art of the Depression Years
By working within the constraints of the WPA, artists like Philip Guston discovered new modes of representation and irony.
Søren Kierkegaard Dared to Ask
In The Sickness Unto Death, the Danish philosopher posed a difficult question: Is despair an essential feature of human life?
