![Delegates wearing keffiyehs hold up signs with the names of people who died in the Gaza war on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 20, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/protestdnc.jpg)
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
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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
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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
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At the Convention in Chicago, Kamala Harris Can Seal the Deal At the Convention in Chicago, Kamala Harris Can Seal the Deal
By sharing her compelling story, the Democratic nominee can put her party firmly on the path to victory.
Aug 19, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![US Army Lt. William Calley leaves military court with civilian attorney George Latimer and military attorney Maj. Kenneth Raby at the conclusion of several days of pre-trial hearings. Calley is on trial for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/calleytrial2.jpg)
Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men
Or: One morning in the war.
Aug 15, 2024 / Peter Davis
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Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History Their Atrocities—and Ours: Thinking About the Wrong Side of History
Can a cause still be just, even if atrocities have been committed on its behalf?
Aug 12, 2024 / Comment / Bruce Robbins
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Israel’s Assassination Program and Its Ties to US Intelligence Israel’s Assassination Program and Its Ties to US Intelligence
After Israel carried out assassinations in Lebanon and Iran, the prospect of war looms over the Middle East.
Aug 9, 2024 / James Bamford
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The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously
The unanticipated toll of suicides by troops and veterans has become another Pentagon failure.
Aug 7, 2024 / Nick Turse
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Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World
A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.
Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Iranian mourners hold portraits of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during a funeral ceremony for him and his bodyguard Abu Shaaban in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/iran-hamas-getty.jpg)
Will Israel Drag the US Into a New Forever War? Will Israel Drag the US Into a New Forever War?
Regional war isn’t inevitable if the Biden administration delivers a firm message to Israel: The US will provide neither weapons nor funding for an Israeli war on Hezbollah.
Aug 1, 2024 / Adam Weinstein and Annelle Sheline