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The new government’s greatest challenge may be rebuilding a just society in the aftermath of barbaric state violence.
In the wake of exploding pagers, universalism plunges into the abyss.
Jodi Dean responds to Ayça Çubukçu’s “Many Speak for Palestine.”
Is partition the only path to self-determination?
Why is the reality of Palestinian suffering denied in the Israeli consciousness?
How Zionism’s dreams of liberation became entangled with colonialism.
Israel’s attacks on health care workers and facilities in Gaza are unprecedented.
Israel’s weaponization of images since October 7 obfuscates its genocidal campaign against Palestinians.
The law occludes the abhorrent violence routinely perpetrated by states in the name of self-defense.
“Never again” means standing up for Palestinian people. “Never again” means this very moment.
A conversation with Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat on the need for a political solution.
Amid ongoing reporting and ethical outrage, we need context for the fight between Hamas and Israel—and how it shapes possibilities for peace.
The legal doctrine of "superior responsibility" makes the Russian president liable for war crimes committed in Ukraine.
In her new book, historian Kelly Lytle Hernández makes the case for why U.S. history only makes sense when told as a binational story.
Condemning U.S. deference to Israel, a cousin remembers the life and legacy of the slain Palestinian American journalist.
Critics say human rights discourse blunts social transformation. It doesn't have to.
Twenty years of cruel anti-immigrant policy have left thousands of asylum seekers in limbo, detained in offshore prisons or in mainland commercial hotels.
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