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Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In. Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In.
My family's olive trees have stood in Gaza for decades. Despite genocide, drought, pollution, toxic mines, uprooting, bulldozing, and burning, they're still here—and so are we.
Dec 11, 2025 / Hend Salama Abo Helow
Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con
Sense, nonsense, and lunacy.
Dec 10, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage
Does Russian Feminism Have a Future? Does Russian Feminism Have a Future?
A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia.
Dec 10, 2025 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Destruction of Our Heart Destruction of Our Heart
From Gaza to Somalia, around the world people are struggling to survive.
Dec 9, 2025 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper
Ukraine’s War on Its Unions Ukraine’s War on Its Unions
Since the start of the war, the Ukrainian government has been cracking down harder on unions and workers’ rights. But slowly, the public mood is shifting.
Dec 9, 2025 / David Zauner
Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People
Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.”
Dec 5, 2025 / Jad Salfiti
I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On. I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On.
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Dec 4, 2025 / Ghada Eyad