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Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers

Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers

The settlers have been trying to push us from our Jerusalem home since 2009. Now they might succeed.

Nov 20, 2020 / Mohammed El-Kurd

Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament

Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament

Out of the ruins of colonialism and empire, the sociologist insisted we could fashion a more egalitarian and liberated future.

Sep 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew

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Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue

Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…

Jul 28, 2020 / Our Readers

A Century of Struggle in Palestine

A Century of Struggle in Palestine A Century of Struggle in Palestine

Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.

Jul 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kaleem Hawa

Dan Snyder

Is Dan Snyder Really Changing the Washington Team’s Name? Is Dan Snyder Really Changing the Washington Team’s Name?

He has always said he would never change the name of his team, but “never” is coming up mighty fast. 

Jul 6, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Imagining a New Mount Rushmore

Imagining a New Mount Rushmore Imagining a New Mount Rushmore

What would a monument for our current Trumpian moment look like?

Jul 3, 2020 / Lawrence Weschler

Lee Statue

Let’s Stop Putting the Worst Americans on a Pedestal Let’s Stop Putting the Worst Americans on a Pedestal

As statues fall, we should look to the parts of our history worth celebrating.

Jun 25, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

It’s Time for Roger Goodell to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team

It’s Time for Roger Goodell to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team It’s Time for Roger Goodell to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team

As statues topple across the country, it’s time to change the name of the NFL’s most racist brand.

Jun 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin

2 Days in May That Shattered Korean Democracy

2 Days in May That Shattered Korean Democracy 2 Days in May That Shattered Korean Democracy

The US response to a dictatorship’s repression in Gwangju in 1980 was even worse than we thought.

May 28, 2020 / Tim Shorrock and Injeong Kim

A man walking with a face mask in Kibera, a slum of Nairobi

Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus

If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history.

May 11, 2020 / Nanjala Nyabola

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