Activism

Macklemore onstage with a delightful duck-print short-sleeve shirt.

Macklemore Dares Others to Stand Up for Palestine Macklemore Dares Others to Stand Up for Palestine

With “Hind’s Hall,” the rapper is telling artists and other culture workers, “The students are risking it all. Where are you?”

May 7, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrates with supporters in Birmingham, England on May 4, 2024.

Local Elections in Britain Put the Labour Party’s Stance on Gaza Under the Spotlight Local Elections in Britain Put the Labour Party’s Stance on Gaza Under the Spotlight

Labour leader Keir Starmer is favored to win the UK’s general election later this year, but—as with Joe Biden—there is one word that could derail his campaign: Gaza.

May 7, 2024 / Steve Howell

Crazy Cake

Crazy Cake Crazy Cake

Glockhead and loaded.

May 7, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A crowd of students stands in front of a library at Columbia University protesting the university's decision to suspend two student groups

A Year Under the Palestine Exception at Columbia University A Year Under the Palestine Exception at Columbia University

Columbia has tossed aside the mission at the heart of undergraduate liberal arts education: preparing student to be citizens in a pluralistic democracy.

May 7, 2024 / Joseph A. Howley

Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom

Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom

A new career-spanning book offers a portrait of Painter’s career as a historian, essayist, and most recently visual artist.

May 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Barnard Faculty Walkout

College Faculty Members Are Teaching a Lesson in Solidarity College Faculty Members Are Teaching a Lesson in Solidarity

As students coast to coast continue to call on their universities to divest from Israel, professors are standing up for their right to protest.

May 7, 2024 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

A California Highway Patrol officer detains a protester at UCLA on May 2, 2024.

The Student Movement Is Writing a New Chapter of History The Student Movement Is Writing a New Chapter of History

The protesters are building on decades of struggle for Palestine and pulling us all into a radically new future. Suddenly, history is speaking with gusto.

May 6, 2024 / Dylan Saba

Peggy Noonan

Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness

Our narcissistic media elite doesn’t understand why their lies have made young people wary.

May 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A delegation of rabbis from the United States and Israel march toward the Erez/Beit Hanoun Crossing at the northern tip of the Gaza Strip on April 26, 2024.

We Tried to Bring Food Into Gaza—but Israel Blocked and Arrested Us We Tried to Bring Food Into Gaza—but Israel Blocked and Arrested Us

As Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza, a delegation of rabbis marched toward the Erez Crossing during Passover carrying sacks of flour and demanding a cease-fire.

May 6, 2024 / Brant Rosen

The Flag Is Mourning. You May Kill My Body, but You Will Never Silence My Soul.

The Flag Is Mourning. You May Kill My Body, but You Will Never Silence My Soul. The Flag Is Mourning. You May Kill My Body, but You Will Never Silence My Soul.

Graduation gown worn by the artist at Commencement Day 2019, John Jay College.

May 6, 2024 / OppArt

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