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Meditations on Cixous

Four writers reflect on the feminist theorist’s work.

Jo Mrelli, aracelis girmay, Sarah Hamerschlag, and Jules Gill-Peterson September 28, 2023

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Light Among The Nations

For Yoram Hazony, the founder of the National Conservative movement, Israel is an illiberal model for the international nationalist brigade.

Suzanne Schneider September 28, 2023

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To Grieve the World Like a Dying Friend

What does it mean to build toward a future on a planet in the midst of collapse?

Cynthia Friedman August 3, 2023

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Looking for a Lineage in the Lusk Archive

The records of a New York surveillance committee from the time of the First Red Scare document a radical world—and its demise.

Ben Nadler and Oksana Mironova July 18, 2023

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The Strange Hours

Finding a new relationship with rest in early motherhood

Maryam Ivette Parhizkar April 10, 2023

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Dreams Under Confinement

Mapping the pandemic’s collective unconscious

Rona Lorimer April 3, 2023

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The Right to Grieve

To demand the freedom to mourn—not on the employer’s schedule, but in our own time—is to reject the cruel rhythms of the capitalist status quo.

Erik Baker March 13, 2023

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The Trap of Palestinian Participation

An open letter considers the impossible choice facing Palestinians: Participate as a token in conversations premised on their oppression, or be branded rejectionists.

Tareq Baconi February 10, 2023

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Edifice Complex

Restoring the term “burnout” to its roots in landlord arson puts the dispossession of poor city dwellers at its center.

Bench Ansfield January 3, 2023

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Understanding Apartheid

Embracing a radical critique of Israeli apartheid is a precondition for bringing it to a just end.

Noura Erakat and John Reynolds November 1, 2022

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Point of No Return

Palestinians cannot turn back the hands of time. But we might still imagine a world beyond exile.

Dylan Saba October 24, 2022

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The Embattled Edward Said

Facing attacks on multiple fronts, Said nevertheless continued to challenge Israel’s monopoly on representations of Palestine.

Nubar Hovsepian September 21, 2022

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Answering Said’s Call

While discourse on Israel-Palestine has shifted for the better since 1989, meeting Said’s challenge will require American Jewish intellectuals to recognize that Palestinian equality and Jewish safety are ultimately intertwined.

Peter Beinart September 21, 2022