An Interfaith Dispatch From the West Bank An Interfaith Dispatch From the West Bank
Rabbis for Ceasefire and Hindus for Human Rights make a peace pilgrimage.
Sep 5, 2024 / Sunita Viswanath
I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris I’m Still Hoping to Vote for Kamala Harris
But the hope I felt when she became the nominee has been curdling into despair over her refusal to allow a Palestinian to address the convention—and her continuing silence on Gaza...
Aug 30, 2024 / Benjamin Moser
Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not
The party may have successfully prevented Palestinians from addressing the DNC. But it cannot hold back the tide forever.
Aug 29, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh
Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War
On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united....
Aug 29, 2024 / Bill Gallegos
Democrats Want the Uncommitted Delegates to Go Away. They Won’t. Democrats Want the Uncommitted Delegates to Go Away. They Won’t.
Even after their request to feature a Palestinian speaker at the DNC was rejected, delegates say they are staying and fighting.
Aug 22, 2024 / Sarah Lazare and Jack Mirkinson
Palestinian Exclusion Shows the Limits of Kamala Harris’s Politics of Joy Palestinian Exclusion Shows the Limits of Kamala Harris’s Politics of Joy
The Democratic convention’s giddy vibe shift is shadowed by ongoing war and a failure to hear Palestinian voices.
Aug 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Fulbright Scholars Demand That the Program Speak Out on Palestine Fulbright Scholars Demand That the Program Speak Out on Palestine
The program has been silent during the war on Gaza, while its parent institution continues to fund Israel’s ongoing assault.
Aug 22, 2024 / StudentNation / Surina Venkat
Michelle Obama Is a Master of Politics Because She Hates Politics Michelle Obama Is a Master of Politics Because She Hates Politics
The former first lady delivers an emotional barnstormer that reaches beyond ideology.
Aug 21, 2024 / Jeet Heer
As Democrats Party, Doctors Beg the World to Listen to Gaza As Democrats Party, Doctors Beg the World to Listen to Gaza
“The reason we cry tears isn’t sadness anymore. It’s the feeling that we have no ability to get the most powerful country in the world to stop the bombs.”
Aug 21, 2024 / Sarah Lazare
The DNC Opens to an Urgent Cry: No More Bombs to Israel The DNC Opens to an Urgent Cry: No More Bombs to Israel
The call to stop sending arms is no fringe demand. It has a huge base of support, and the DNC can’t ignore it.
Aug 19, 2024 / Sarah Lazare