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China First, Mississippi Last?
A Mandarin-language ad targeting a Republican senator is under fire for being racist and xenophobic. The ad raises questions about the future of the Democratic Party’s posture toward China. Will Democrats join in the Republican effort to restrict immigration and investment from Chinese individuals in the name of national security?
Yemen’s Mourning Feed
As fighting intensified this fall, Yemenis turned Facebook into a running record of the dead. Hundreds of posts trace the lives of students and graduates who felt they had no choice but to take up arms.
Nidal Hassan’s Execution Will Not Be Livestreamed, but the Idea Has Deep Historical Roots
The livestreaming of Nidal Hasan’s execution has been canceled, but the Hegseth-Trump carnival of death has deep roots in U.S. history. America’s evolving sense of itself, its understanding of what it means to live in a democracy, has always been entwined with fierce debates about public displays of violence.
Thirteen Years of Harassment, and Three Minutes to Close Mada Masr
The court-ordered closure of Mada Masr, after years of legal and security harassment, and the continued detention of six Matsda2sh journalists signal an intensifying crackdown on independent media. It comes as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is preparing for a post-2030 political transition, warns about threats to national consciousness.
Inside the Syrian Village Hit by Jordan’s Airstrikes
Lamis was 8. Her brothers, Osama and Yaseen, were 9 and 11. They were killed alongside their uncle and grandmother when Jordanian jets struck their village in southern Syria, in what Amman called a precision attack against the Islamic State group. The children’s father had been disappeared by Assad.
As Anti-Hindu Hate Rises, Hindu Americans Find Common Ground
A thwarted mass shooting attempt at a Hindu temple in Illinois has drawn attention to rising anti-Indian racism and anti-Hindu hostility in the United States. It prompted an unusual show of solidarity among Hindu-American organizations otherwise divided over Hindutva, caste and the politics of “Hinduphobia.”
The Land Expropriations of the Assad Era Still Hang Over Syria
When the Assad regime expropriated land outside Damascus from local farmers, it became part of a chemical weapons facility. Across Syria, similar injustices occurred, and so far the new government has offered nothing to the families who still hold their title deeds.