Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11 Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11
Ignoring intelligence failures and doubling down on bad policy is the worst response to terrorism.
Oct 9, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Student Loan Payments Have Resumed, but the Fight for Cancellation Isn’t Over Student Loan Payments Have Resumed, but the Fight for Cancellation Isn’t Over
With Biden's plan blocked by SCOTUS, borrowers find themselves closer to reaching $2 trillion of student debt. Now more than ever, we need to end this crisis.
Oct 9, 2023 / StudentNation / Shanna Hayes and Sabrina Calazans
Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires
How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball.
Oct 6, 2023 / Peter Dreier
The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right
The Alliance Defending Freedom, an evangelical legal advocacy group, is behind many of the Supreme Court cases seeking right-wing rulings.
Oct 5, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Hope for Asylum Seekers Hope for Asylum Seekers
The Biden administration will allow nearly half a million Venezuelan migrants in the United States to live and work legally in the country for 18 months.
Oct 5, 2023 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile
Everyone knows how Nixon and Kissinger paved Pinochet’s path to power. The story of Harry Barnes, who played a crucial role in the Chilean dictator’s exit, is much less well known...
Oct 5, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
Stigma Makes Abortion Criminalization Possible Stigma Makes Abortion Criminalization Possible
A Nebraska mother and daughter were put behind bars for self-managing an abortion, but not because of what the law says is illegal.
Oct 4, 2023 / Elizabeth Ling
Donald Trump’s Latest Threats Really Are About the Violence Donald Trump’s Latest Threats Really Are About the Violence
It can be tempting to dismiss Trump’s threats against his perceived opponents as mere bluster, but his attacks on Letitia James make it clear that he’s not just playing around.
Oct 3, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Fighting Censorship Fighting Censorship
Freedom of Speech at stake in Tunisia. Cartoonist Tawfiq-Omrane was arrested (and released) after publishing cartoons that allegedly mocked the Prime Minister. More info here.
Oct 2, 2023 / OppArt / Tawfiq Omrane
In Its Rush to Waive Visas for Israeli Visitors, the Biden Administration Has Insulted and Betrayed Arab Americans In Its Rush to Waive Visas for Israeli Visitors, the Biden Administration Has Insulted and Betrayed Arab Americans
The repeated promise by US officials that Israel would never get a visa waiver until it stopped discriminating against Arab American visitors turned out to be worthless.
Sep 29, 2023 / James Zogby