Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-Fire Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-Fire
A flurry of state and local teachers unions have passed cease-fire resolutions, but few national unions have followed.
Nov 16, 2023 / Sarah Lazare
Goodbye, Joe Manchin—We Won’t Miss You Goodbye, Joe Manchin—We Won’t Miss You
The departure of the pro–fossil fuel, pro–Big Pharma senator from West Virginia is not the tragedy many Democrats think it is.
Nov 16, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Right Now We Must Remember That War Is Never Obligatory Right Now We Must Remember That War Is Never Obligatory
Russia is a warning of what we might someday face as a nation if we become inured to violence at home and abroad.
Nov 16, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino
Texas Democrat Greg Casar’s Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for a Cease-Fire Texas Democrat Greg Casar’s Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for a Cease-Fire
The congressman polled his constituents and found what every other poll is finding: Americans want the killing in Gaza to stop.
Nov 16, 2023 / John Nichols
The Moral Triangle: Palestine, Israel, and Germany The Moral Triangle: Palestine, Israel, and Germany
A conversation about “peace and justice and freedom for all Palestinians and Israelis” with Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor.
Nov 16, 2023 / Q&A / Linda Mannheim
An Indigestible Nation An Indigestible Nation
While the world has changed and threats are different, the Biden administration’s worldview is rooted in the assumption that America is the “indispensable nation” that will police...
Nov 16, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
Palestinian Lives and Deaths Palestinian Lives and Deaths
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, conversations from our archives, where Rachel Kushner reports on Palestinian refugees and Adam Shatz talks about Edward Said.
Nov 16, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
Gaza’s Queer Palestinians Fight to Be Remembered Gaza’s Queer Palestinians Fight to Be Remembered
Through the online platform Queering the Map, stories of queer Palestinians can live on forever, asserting to the world that they do, in fact, exist.
Nov 16, 2023 / Photo Essay / Sarah O’Neal
“A Wall of Fire Smashed Into Me”: Dispatches From a Month in Gaza “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.
Nov 16, 2023 / Atef Abu Saif