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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024.

Inviting Netanyahu to Congress Is Like “a Bad Horror Movie” Inviting Netanyahu to Congress Is Like “a Bad Horror Movie”

After Republicans and Democrats joined forces to welcome the Israeli prime minister, progressives began vowing to boycott the speech.

Jun 7, 2024 / John Nichols

An asylum seeker holds her child outside her tent at the Juventud 2000 shelter in Tijuana on June 4, 2024.

Bashing Migrants Isn’t the Way to Win an Election Bashing Migrants Isn’t the Way to Win an Election

The Biden administration is at risk of squandering much of the moral capital it gained in early 2021 undoing Trump’s anti-immigrant policies by signing an asylum ban.

Jun 7, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

The Dallas Mavericks celebrate with the Oscar Robertson Trophy, on May 30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Dallas Mavericks: Mission Impossible? The Dallas Mavericks: Mission Impossible?

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show to review the NBA Conference Finals and preview the NBA Finals.

Jun 6, 2024 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Yemen Cluster Bomb

When a Bomb Explodes, Someone Profits When a Bomb Explodes, Someone Profits

The military-industrial complex’s hidden domination of our lives must end, which means we must dismantle it.

Jun 6, 2024 / David Vine and Theresa Arriola

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech in Glasgow on May 24, 2024.

The UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister Is Waging a Racist War Against the Left The UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister Is Waging a Racist War Against the Left

Keir Starmer is obsessed with purging every scrap of dissent from the Labour Party. He should be careful what he wishes for.

Jun 6, 2024 / Taj Ali

Scenes of Protest

Scenes of Protest Scenes of Protest

New York.

Jun 6, 2024 / OppArt / Laura Baran

Policeman with his gun drawn.

Police Can Be Held Liable for Killing a Dog but Not a Black Person Police Can Be Held Liable for Killing a Dog but Not a Black Person

In back-to-back rulings on when cops should be afforded qualified immunity, an appeals court came to radically different conclusions.

Jun 6, 2024 / Elie Mystal

People wave Polish and EU flags during a pro-EU rally organized by Prime Minister Donald Tusk ahead of European Parliament elections in Warsaw's Castle Square on June 4, 2024.

What Is at Stake as the European Union Swings Right? What Is at Stake as the European Union Swings Right?

The right’s normalization moves ahead.

Jun 6, 2024 / Marlene Laruelle

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is GettyImages-2153819012-1.jpg Magistrates arrive at the International Court of Justice to hear South Africa’s request for a Gaza cease-fire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024.

Israel’s Legal Reckoning and the Historical Shift in Justice for Palestinians Israel’s Legal Reckoning and the Historical Shift in Justice for Palestinians

Global courts challenge Israeli action in Gaza.

Jun 6, 2024 / Reed Brody

A splitscreen image of a headshot of author Essie Chambers alongside the cover of her debut novel, Swift River.

A New Novel Explores How to Develop Black Identity in the Absence of Black Culture A New Novel Explores How to Develop Black Identity in the Absence of Black Culture

In Essie Chambers’s debut novel, Swift River, protagonist Diamond Newberry finds ways to fill the gaps in her family tree.

Jun 6, 2024 / Kali Holloway

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