Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead
The new biopic about the socialist organizer stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out?
Dec 12, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
The “Friends of the IDF” Gala Was Like a Rich Kid’s Bar Mitzvah—Until the Protest Started The “Friends of the IDF” Gala Was Like a Rich Kid’s Bar Mitzvah—Until the Protest Started
Pro-IDF revelers were getting drunk, dancing, and bidding on VIP passes to Shaq’s Fun House. (Really.) But anti-Zionist Israeli activists had other plans.
Dec 5, 2023 / Sophie Hurwitz
Speaking Up for Palestine Can Be Hard, but It’s Never Been More Necessary Speaking Up for Palestine Can Be Hard, but It’s Never Been More Necessary
It is unquestionably risky to show support for Palestinians. But the bigger risk is saying nothing at all.
Dec 5, 2023 / Rebecca Ruth Gould
Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward
The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What can be done about that?
Dec 1, 2023 / Max Elbaum and Bill Fletcher Jr.
The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right
In an election shocker earlier this week, the far-right anti-immigrant campaigner Geert Wilders emerged as the leader of the largest party in the new parliament.
Dec 1, 2023 / Hans Steketee
The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue
If public health is about human health and flourishing, then assault, torture, murder, and war are all our business.
Nov 30, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves
Ban the 24-Hour Workday! Ban the 24-Hour Workday!
In some states—New York is one of them—it is still legal to hire someone for a 24-hour shift, but to only pay them for a fraction of those hours.
Nov 29, 2023 / Dawn Kikel
Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous
Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry.
Nov 29, 2023 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
“You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President “You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President
Days after the attempted murder of three Palestinian students in Vermont, Brown University asked the city to drop the charges against members of Jews for Ceasefire Now, but remain...
Nov 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller