Newsletter

A New Cold War Threatens Chinese Americans

The previous cold wars exacted a terrible toll on American Jews. The new cold war will do the same for Chinese Americans.

Peter Beinart April 30, 2020

Exodus: Vaera

For Freud, “chosenness” was a psychopathological fantasy in need of explanation.

Len Gutkin April 30, 2020

Let the Right Have the Conference of Presidents

Liberal groups have an opportunity to reassess their membership in a body designed to rubber-stamp right-wing policy.

Noah Kulwin April 29, 2020

Amazon Workers Say Warehouse Health Precautions Are Insufficient

A recent survey of hundreds of Amazon warehouse employees gives new insight into the conditions that are prompting worker revolt.

Alex Press April 28, 2020

Portrait of the Artist in Quarantine: Staying Clean

Same outfit, different day.

Kayla Ginsburg April 27, 2020

Middle Life Money

“I cannot outstare the bill faces”

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram April 24, 2020

The Yiddishist Neocon

Nancy Sinkoff discusses her new biography of Lucy S. Dawidowicz, a Holocaust historian whose role in the neoconservative movement is often forgotten.

Hadas Binyamini April 23, 2020

Exodus: Shemot

What if, through this crack in the text, older gods return?

Dan Sinykin April 22, 2020