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Poetry
Mary
“Lucifer only asked God why did you make me / and God only asked Mary why did you make me”
Molly Brodak April 2, 2021
Report
The Fight for the Right to Organize
The PRO Act would give contingent workers the right to collectively bargain. But organizers will have to cut through corporate-backed misinformation about the bill.
Clio Chang April 2, 2021
Dispatch
The Power of the Polish Women’s Strike
Six months ago, I would never have placed myself in a police cordon of my own volition. But a lot has changed since then.
Katarzyna Boni April 1, 2021
Report
Fears of Government Surveillance Complicate Muslim Groups’ Access to Federal Security Funding
Muslim applicants to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which has long funneled money to Jewish organizations, express concerns about pressure to collaborate with law enforcement.
Mari Cohen March 30, 2021
Comic
Bezos in Bessemer
A comic about Amazon, after Lola’s iconic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire illustration from 1911.
Eli Valley March 29, 2021
Conversation
The Long History of Anti-Asian Violence
A conversation with writer Mark Tseng-Putterman, who situates the recent attacks on Asian Americans within the structures of white supremacy and imperialism.
Joshua Leifer March 26, 2021
Opinion
Why I Signed the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism
Despite my worry that any definition of antisemitism reinforces beliefs in Jewish exceptionalism, the flawed and widely adopted IHRA definition needs outright replacement.
Barry Trachtenberg March 26, 2021
Essay
The Radical Case for the Traditional Haggadah
Leftist seders often use versions of the Passover text that articulate contemporary political commitments—but the classical haggadah allows us to make our politics our own.
Emily Filler March 25, 2021
Comic
Ruth’s Kitchen
On Passover, an artist explores her ordinary—and extraordinary—culinary inheritance.
Rachel Meirs March 24, 2021
Report
The Right to a History Without Lies
With the ruling that two prominent Holocaust scholars must apologize for defaming the “good name” of the Polish nation, the chilling of speech enters a sinister new phase in Poland.
Linda Kinstler March 22, 2021
Poetry
Accoutrements
“These gold rings—how many prisoners could be freed for the price of these rings?”
Jackie Wang March 19, 2021
Report
Former AIPAC Senior Operative Launches Group to Cultivate Democratic Support for Israel
Jonathan Kessler wants to offer progressives “a channel for their dissatisfaction that’s not disruptive of the US-Israel alliance.”
Alex Kane March 18, 2021
Conversation
Ghost in the Machine
Intellectual historian Peter E. Gordon discusses the role of theology and secularization in the work of the Frankfurt School philosophers.
Nathan Goldman March 16, 2021
Slow Burn: Quarantine Edition
Exodus: Vayakhel
After a political rupture, rituals of repetition can attempt to restore normalcy—or throw it into question.
Raphael Magarik March 12, 2021
History
The Anti-Democratic Origins of the ADL and AJC
The history of the ADL and AJC reveals that they were created to consolidate the power of wealthy men and stifle the grassroots left.
Emmaia Gelman March 12, 2021
Report
Progressives Are Losing Patience with Biden’s Iran Policy
Left-wing voices on foreign policy say pressuring the administration may serve their goals better than joining it.
David Klion March 9, 2021
Poetry
Newly Arranged Appetite
“you are laying in the hospital for a week thinking about the various distances of love”
Tongo Eisen-Martin March 5, 2021
Opinion
Why I’m Traveling to Alabama
Unions built our country. Now, we need to build them.
Jamaal Bowman March 5, 2021
Essay
“Is He Jewish?”
On the Lox Club, an exclusive new dating app, an obsession with Jewish continuity papers over an absence of Jewish content.
Mari Cohen March 3, 2021
Analysis
Rejoining the Iran Nuclear Deal Is Not Enough
To promote peace in the Middle East, the Biden administration must accept that Iran is not uniquely malevolent, but one brutal regime among the rest.
Peter Beinart March 1, 2021
Essay
This Is Not a Secret Jewish History of Stan Lee
The comics creator barely thought of himself as a Jew. What does it mean when fans and critics claim him as one?
Josephine Riesman February 26, 2021
Conversation
The Collective Work of Abolition
Organizer and educator Mariame Kaba discusses transformative justice, refusing a politics of revenge, and her new book, We Do This ‘Til We Free Us.
Claire Schwartz February 25, 2021
Poetry
[I tried early moving]
“These days one holed up inside the other”
Jane Huffman February 19, 2021
Conversation
The Queer Art of Divorce
Composer Ethan Philbrick and novelist Torrey Peters discuss what it means to make art and community after a marriage ends.
Haley Mlotek February 17, 2021
