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John Nichols

All We Want in Gaza Is to Live All We Want in Gaza Is to Live

We don’t want condolences or speeches. We want to be treated like human beings, and we want less trauma in our lives.

Mohammed R. Mhawish

Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime

In his new novel, the bard of Boerum Hill interrogates the brutal truths of gentrification.

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Bill Hemmer, Fox's “America’s Newsroom” anchor, on October 13, 2023.

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The mainstream media’s relentless dehumanization of Palestinians is enabling Israeli war crimes.

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Cincinnati Ohio Palestine Protest

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Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters from Cincinnati, Ohio, gathered in Ziegler Park. “My city no longer exists. My village is no longer there.”

StudentNation / Zurie Pope

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The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn

At the Jewish Voice for Peace rally, thousands of protesters made clear that they will no longer allow the suffering of the Jewish people to be weaponized against others.

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After over four decades as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the group’s founding members is leaving in sorrow and anger.

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Trump wants his close political ally Ohio Republican Jim Jordan to become second in the line of presidential succession. Brace yourselves.

John Nichols

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As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.

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Books & the Arts

Olga Tokarczuk’s New Rules for Realism

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In The Empusium, the Polish novelist’s first novel since her Nobel, she pays homage to Thomas Mann in order to redraw the boundaries of the realist novel.

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The Worlds of Noam Chomsky

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If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky.

Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner

What Do We Want From Bob Dylan’s Story?

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In James Mangold’s film A Complete Unknown, we get a cautious and reverent story of a musician who has always sought to transcend the limits imposed upon him.

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Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., is a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince its 3,000 workers they’re on the same side?

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They Were Supposed to Be Free. Why Are They Locked Up?

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No one wants a person convicted of a sex offense in their neighborhood. So New York keeps them in prison long past their release dates.

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Senator Menendez Is Just the Latest Sucker to Fall for Fool’s Gold

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