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Anatomy of a Red Scare

As the Trump administration escalates its anti-radical crackdowns, past moments of repression offer a preview of what’s to come.

Charisse Burden-Stelly August 1, 2025

Egypt’s Hidden Refugee Crisis

Thousands of Palestinian evacuees are living in limbo on Cairo’s peripheries, neither able to return to Gaza nor allowed to build lives in Egypt.

Emad Mekay July 29, 2025

Siblings

“We lived / in many // houses”

Andrea Cohen July 25, 2025

The Gazans Trapped in Sheba Hospital

By showcasing its treatment of a few Palestinian patients, Israel masks its destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system—and its obligations under international law.

Dikla Taylor-Sheinman July 23, 2025

Ayman Odeh’s Failed Impeachment Is a “Win-Win” for the Right

Experts say the attempt was a means of suppressing the vote of Palestinian citizens of Israel and delegitimizing their political participation.

Elisheva Goldberg July 22, 2025

Lessons from La Guardia

Can Zohran Mamdani reshape New York—and national—politics like Mayor Fiorello La Guardia once did?

Kim Phillips-Fein July 18, 2025

Two Empty Rooms

“A real live Jewish woman! She used to live here.”

Edith Bruck July 16, 2025

Auditing the Hindu American Foundation’s Claims of “Hinduphobia”

The group regularly misclassifies anti-Asian racism, anti-Muslim violence, and criticism of Hindu nationalism as anti-Hindu hate.

Mukta Joshi July 8, 2025