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At Hutto
A lawyer reflects on his experience meeting with asylum seekers in a Texas detention center to prepare them for their credible fear interviews.
Michael Lieberman November 2, 2020
Beys
“The history of our houses is a history of dissolution, like vows on Kol Nidre”
Anthony Russell October 30, 2020
Are 95% of Jews Really Zionists?
Polls of American Jewish opinion on Israel may not be asking the right questions.
Caroline Morganti October 29, 2020
A Compendium of Severance
Susan Taubes’s Divorcing traces the separation of a wife from her husband, a family from their homeland, and a people from their God.
Jess Bergman October 27, 2020
Israel’s Repressive Diplomacy
The recent normalization agreements with Arab states rely on—and contribute to—growing authoritarianism.
Peter Beinart October 26, 2020
On Homes for All
In the short term, we need to cancel rent and mortgages. In the longer term, we need to decommodify housing.
Ilhan Omar October 23, 2020
On Avoiding the New Foreclosure Crisis
Avoiding another foreclosure crisis means pressuring lawmakers to put the brakes on speculative behavior.
Oksana Mironova October 23, 2020
On Preventing Pandemic Displacement
We must improve the housing that helps illness spread—without displacing the people who live there.
Samuel Stein October 23, 2020