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Attendees during an election night event with Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, not pictured, in New York City on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. More than 930,000 New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city's Democratic primary, with more than half withstanding record temperatures to vote at polling stations on Tuesday.

Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote? Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?

Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.

Aug 11, 2025 / Tisya Mavuram

People gather in front of the European Union (EU) Council building to stage a demonstration demanding the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and an urgent halt to all arms supplies, in Brussels, Belgium on July 15, 2025.

The European Union Is Complicit in Genocide The European Union Is Complicit in Genocide

The EU presents itself as a global champion of moral and legal leadership. Its refusal to hold Israel accountable or protect Palestinian lives tells a far different story.

Aug 11, 2025 / Linah Alsaafin

The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham

The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham

Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They’re offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.

Aug 4, 2025 / Ahmad Ibsais

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace are led away after being arrested for occupying the New York offices of Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on August 1, 2025.

The Gaza Genocide Is a Test for American Democracy The Gaza Genocide Is a Test for American Democracy

The public overwhelmingly opposes the genocide, but the political elites help keep it going. Something has to give.

Aug 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

2-year-old Palestinian Yezen Abu Ful, whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food and nutritional supplements, is seen with his mother in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza Strip on July 24, 2025.

These Kids in Gaza Are Starving. So Are Their Mothers. These Kids in Gaza Are Starving. So Are Their Mothers.

“There’s not enough food for me, so how can I have enough milk for her?” one woman says.

Jul 28, 2025 / A. Khalil

Relatives and loved ones of Palestinians, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks while they were in the Netzarim area, where US humanitarian aid points were located, mourn as they attend their funeral ceremony at Shifa Hospital in Gaza on June 10, 2025.

I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth. I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth.

The scene resembled throwing meat into a cage of starving lions, letting them fight for their own survival.

Jun 11, 2025 / Hassan Abo Qamar

Palestinians, including children, fill and carry water distributed by a water tanker into containers in port area of Gaza City, Gaza, on May 27, 2025.

For Kids With Autism, Gaza Is Hell Upon Hell For Kids With Autism, Gaza Is Hell Upon Hell

Areej Alkhateab’s four children all have autism. Life during the genocide has been a continual nightmare.

May 27, 2025 / Shahad Ali

Relatives mourn after the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes were brought to a hospital.

The Nakba Has Never Ended The Nakba Has Never Ended

In Gaza, the boundary marking past and present has become indistinct. Nineteen forty-eight is not over—it is unfolding again, and in more violent and destructive ways.

May 15, 2025 / Huda Skaik

Pope Leo XIV leads his first Regina Caeli prayer from the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire! The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire!

Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians.

May 13, 2025 / John Nichols

Damage from the aftermath of the attack on the Conscience ship on May 2, 2025.

The Ship Trying to Get Aid to Gaza Won’t Let a Drone Strike End Its Mission The Ship Trying to Get Aid to Gaza Won’t Let a Drone Strike End Its Mission

The ship Conscience was attacked last week while trying to get to Gaza. But that isn't stopping its crew. “If we have the boat repaired, we will go tomorrow,” one of them says.

May 9, 2025 / Saliha Bayrak

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