First Avenue Workers’ Victory
Another Win for Union and Worker Center Collaborations By Isabela Escalona In the late summer of 2021, a group of workers from First Avenue, the iconic Minneapolis music venue, were fed up with low pay,…
Bordering on the Ridiculous
Cynical hypocrisy on immigration policy Commentary by Rob Schofield As with so many other problems afflicting modern America—the climate emergency, economic inequality, the federal debt, gun violence, racism, our threadbare public education system—there’s plenty of…
How Much of Trump’s Support Is Due to Racism?
Commentary by Dan Froomkin There is one theory that fully explains the massive support that Trump continues to get among the Republican voting base: That they’re racist. To be clear, this is a theory, not…
Donald Trump and the Exceptions of American Evangelicalism
By John G. Stackhouse, Jr. As Republicans continue to contend over their party’s presidential nomination—if “contend” is the right word for “jockeying to see who will be the last candidate knocked off by Donald Trump”—Trump…
Abortion Rights Amendment on Florida Ballot
By Zane McNeill Floridians Protecting Freedom, a campaign advocating for the inclusion of the right to abortion on the 2024 ballot, has successfully gathered 910,946 verified signatures in favor of the initiative, surpassing the number…
Are We the Baddies?
Commentary by Jonathan Cook The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal democratic order for decades. In a popular British comedy sketch set during…
The Spectacular Failure of the Zionist Project
Commentary by Stefan Moore As a secular Jew raised in a fiercely anti-Zionist family, I grew up viewing the State of Israel as an unfortunate fait accompli and accepting that the two-state solution was probably…
CNN Gaza Coverage Censored by Israel
By Sharon Zhang CNN has for years maintained a policy of running all of its coverage on Israel and Palestine, including its recent Gaza coverage, past its bureau in Jerusalem, where it is subject to…
I Cannot Be Quietly Complicit
Biden Official Resigns Over Gaza Assault By Jake Johnson An Education Department official who volunteered for President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign announced his resignation in early January over the administration’s support for Israel’s “indiscriminate violence”…
Remember the Tenacity of 400,000 Welsh Women
Commentary by Rowan Williams One significant anniversary in 2023 passed almost without mention. In May 1923, the Welsh women’s peace petition was initiated—a plea from the women of Wales to the women of the US,…