How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as they exist in education, are failing, because they emphasize personal feelings over the need to collectively organize.
Jan 4, 2024 / Dave Zirin
Love Is Love, Always Love Is Love, Always
Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples.
Jan 4, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge: Finding the Courage to Stand for a Cease-Fire The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge: Finding the Courage to Stand for a Cease-Fire
As long as some Israelis and Palestinians still risk arrest and intimidation to call for a cease-fire and an end to occupation, we Jews in the diaspora owe them our support.
Jan 4, 2024 / Phil Aroneanu
The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back
Once more, wars abroad threaten domestic reform.
Jan 4, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage
The Freedom Caucus Is Coming for SNAP The Freedom Caucus Is Coming for SNAP
Food stamps have a problematic place in progressive views of the social welfare safety net. But the program works, and it needs our support.
Jan 4, 2024 / Christopher Bosso
Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War? Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War?
President Biden refuses to pursue the most obvious way of de-escalating tensions and avoid American deaths: a cease-fire in Gaza.
Jan 3, 2024 / Trita Parsi
Mickey Mouse Loses It! Mickey Mouse Loses It!
Disney’s famed character out of ©.
Jan 3, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
John Roberts Thinks Judges Like Him Are Too Important to Be Replaced by AI John Roberts Thinks Judges Like Him Are Too Important to Be Replaced by AI
In his year-end report, the chief justice avoided the many elephants in the room—including Supreme Court corruption—to reassure judges that they’re superior to bots.
Jan 3, 2024 / Elie Mystal
A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace
Never letting children endure war again is the “never again” that might actually heal our wounded humanity.
Jan 3, 2024 / Ibtisam Barakat
Why LGBTQ Catholics Are Ambivalent About the “Gift” of Same-Sex Blessings Why LGBTQ Catholics Are Ambivalent About the “Gift” of Same-Sex Blessings
For some, it’s a watershed moment and for others it’s a piddling half-step. But it has the radical potential to encourage some very important conversations.
Jan 3, 2024 / Michael F. Pettinger