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Solidarity in Silicon Valley
Tech companies have seen waves of worker protest, but they are still far from democratic. The remedy is to build and exert real forms of worker power inside the workplace.
The Right to Boycott
Since 2014 twenty-seven states have adopted laws that aim to discourage boycotts of Israel. At stake is our First Amendment right to protest state policies.
What Statistics Can’t Tell Us in the Fight over Affirmative Action at Harvard
A group seeking to ban affirmative action has sued Harvard for discriminating against Asian Americans. The core issues won’t be resolved by statistics alone.
Mass Starvation Is a Crime—It’s Time We Treated It That Way
The famine in Yemen is not simply “man-made.” Particular men are responsible, and they should be brought to justice.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Isn’t the Problem
It reflects, like a funhouse mirror, a twisted image of U.S. imperialism.
How to Think About Empire
An interview with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term “postcolonialism.”
Those Left Behind When #LoveWon
Did the success of gay marriage erode the radical potential of queer politics?
Citizenship v. The Surveillance State
We have surrendered the cherished value of “innocent until proven guilty” for the security logic that we are all “risky until proven safe.”
Foreign Policy for the Twenty-First Century
It is time to develop a new geostrategy unencumbered by past traumas.
Resisting the Juristocracy
The cult of the higher judiciary had its limits long before the left failed to block Kavanaugh. Now the only progressive move is to reclaim democracy.
Managing Innocence
The Innocence Movement faces a perverse rhetorical puzzle: righting the isolated wrongful conviction only reinforces public faith in the system as a whole.
In the Name of Public Safety
The Mass Bail Out at Rikers Island shows that freedom is a critical part of public safety.
Look Up
We can advocate for the well-being of both Jewish and Palestinian-Arab citizens simultaneously, reversing the zero-sum mentality deeply entrenched in Israeli politics.
A Turning Point in Israel
The government’s new Nation State Law codifies prejudice, but therein lies a silver lining.
Courts to the Rescue?
When it comes to fighting Trump’s regulatory agenda, it is the D.C. Circuit that will matter, not the Supreme Court.
The U.S. Debt to Syria
With Assad preparing a major offensive on the last rebel stronghold, the United States must offer a path forward.
Hoverboarding While Black
In the era of digital neighborhoods, social networks embolden a new kind of racial surveillance.
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