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Inside the Legal Fight for Trans Rights
Two prominent litigators discuss decades of progress, the backlash today, and the road ahead.
A Menacing Silence
Why is the reality of Palestinian suffering denied in the Israeli consciousness?
“We Are Neither Prophets nor Mad”
An interview with poet Fady Joudah about writing his latest collection amid war in Gaza.
The New Blue Divide
Democrats increasingly rely on affluent suburbanites. Does that spell the end of a bold economic agenda?
Freeing Free Trade
Is there anything left to anti-imperial visions of global commerce?
Speaking Liberation’s Language
Jefferson Cowie speaks with Aziz Rana about whether the language of freedom can be taken back from its “sordid history” in the U.S. context.
Shockwaves in the Global Order
While the U.S.–Israel alliance has become isolated, new ones are emerging.
Is the State Here to Stay?
States are exerting greater control over capital. In the face of climate change, it may be too little, too late.
Impenetrable
in 1989 you walk the main road to /
Tiananmen when the inexplicable /
hits
Can Divestment Campaigns Still Work?
Decades after apartheid South Africa, student activists face a new obstacle: the financialization of university endowments.
Walter Rodney’s Radical Legacy
On the Guyanese revolutionary’s writings on anticolonial struggle.
The Right Comes for Milwaukee
Why did the blue city agree to host the Republican National Convention—and to suspend a hard-won police reform for its duration?
The Silencing of Fred Dube
Forty years ago, the exiled South African activist dared to teach Zionism critically. A furious backlash ensued.
Esprit de l’escalier
Why didn’t I just say / people like us here / at this table / should not just talk about politics
What Happened to Liberalism?
Becca Rothfeld speaks with Samuel Moyn about his book Liberalism Against Itself and why liberalism is in crisis.
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