Authors / Will Alden
Will Alden is a writer living in Los Angeles. Their work has appeared in Jewish Currents, The Nation, The New York Times, BuzzFeed News, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. They have been a recipient of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist prize and a finalist for the Nonprofit News Awards.
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MAGA Firebrand Curt Mills Will Speak at a Jewish Left Conference. Does He Belong?
One speaker plans to drop out of the conference over Mills’s participation.
Will Alden July 16, 2026
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The Many Equivocations of Curt Mills
The MAGA journalist wants to bring respectability to “America First” opposition to Israel. Just don’t ask him about the Groypers at his heels.
Will Alden April 16, 2026
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Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become targets of vigilante and police violence.
Will Alden October 31, 2025
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Defunding Dissent
Philanthropists have quietly withdrawn funding from grassroots groups that spoke out for Gaza, imperiling a broad range of social justice movements.
Will Alden December 19, 2024
