Politics

God, the Army, and PTSD

Is religion an obstacle to treatment?

The Trial of Ezra Nawi

A peace activist faces judgment in Israel.

Stories and Stats

The truth about Obama’s victory wasn’t in the papers.

View from the Mountaintop

Coal may not remain the cheapest source of electric power for much longer.

Do the Right Thing

An anti-genocide policy that works.

State of the Nation: How to Vote

— and what for.

The Memory That Will Not Die

Exhuming the Spanish Civil War

Cyber-Scare

The exaggerated fears over digital warfare.

The Best Hope–Still?

Despite large obstacles, Obama is right to push the two-state solution.

Dispatch from the Hebron Hills

For the last seven weekends in a row, violent settlers from neighboring Bat Ayin have attacked the Palestinian farmers here.

Beating Bad Karma

Iran’s crisis offers an opportunity for real change.

Peace Out

The decline of Israel’s progressive movement.

The Case for Amnesty

Time erodes the state’s right to deport.

Land of My Dreams

Islamic liberalism under fire in India.

State of the Nation: Anti-Semitism and the Economic Crisis

When it comes to the financial crisis, Democrats are especially prone to blaming Jews

God’s Work

What can faith-based activism do for labor?

The Triangle

Policy wonks, patronage, and the possibilities of the grassroots

State of the Nation: Court of Public Opinion

Is the Constitution a "living document"?

A Response to David Mikhail’s Sleepwalker

We must focus on the laws that continue to put so many noncitizens— including legal residents —into detention and deportation proceedings.

Against Cyber-Utopianism

Reflections on information technology and democracy. 

Sleepwalker

Forgetting Shakir Baloch

Private Arrangements

“Recognizing sharia” in England

Texting Toward Utopia

Does the Internet spread democracy?

State of Emergency

A personal history of Pakistan on the brink.

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