Don’t Believe the Pundits: Gaza Is a Political Disaster for Biden Don’t Believe the Pundits: Gaza Is a Political Disaster for Biden
Some observers say the war isn’t that big a deal in the 2024 campaign. Here’s why they’re so wrong.
May 17, 2024 / Joshua A. Cohen
Southeast Asia Is in an Uproar Over Gaza Southeast Asia Is in an Uproar Over Gaza
From political mommy bloggers to McDonald’s boycotts, frustration with Israel and the US’s approach to Gaza has reverberated across the region. Now, there are implications for Chi...
May 16, 2024 / Timothy McLaughlin
Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society
But they do signal that government can make life tangibly better.
May 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored
The president’s ahistorical account of Gaza failed to acknowledge the discomfiting truth that brutalized communities can visit the same traumas on others.
May 8, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange
Joe Biden will celebrate World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. But it is a safe bet that he'll have nothing to say about Assange or Imran Khan, both behind bars for defying the US.
May 2, 2024 / Charles Glass
How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch
The Biden administration’s updates to the regulations have laudable aims, but one blind spot leaves victims vulnerable to retaliatory lawsuits.
Apr 25, 2024 / Ray Epstein
Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers
The MAGA church and white evangelical Christian voters.
Apr 15, 2024 / Peter Dreier
Should Biden Drop Out? Should Biden Drop Out?
Two writers look at the evidence come to different conclusions about the president’s reelection prospects.
Apr 11, 2024 / The Debate / Joshua A. Cohen and Steve Phillips
What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage? What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage?
Solutions crafted by outsiders to avoid, suppress, and restrict Palestinian agency are bound to fail. Palestinians should decide their own destiny.
Apr 11, 2024 / Tony Karon and Daniel Levy
More Than Half a Million Democratic Voters Have Told Biden: Save Gaza! More Than Half a Million Democratic Voters Have Told Biden: Save Gaza!
The campaign to use “uncommitted” primary votes to send a message to Biden has won two dozen delegates, and it keeps growing.
Apr 5, 2024 / John Nichols