United States
A Groundswell for Gaza
Midwestern states have become a proving ground for the Democratic Party. In cities and smaller towns in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio, a growing Palestinian rights movement is pushing Democratic candidates to challenge their party’s position on Israel, and the movement’s successes are inspiring activists elsewhere in the country.
A Sea Change on Campus
A wave of protests across the United States has brought over 1 million mostly young people to the streets. It signals to some observers that U.S. support for Israel has become anathema to a new generation, which sees the struggle in Palestine as akin to past fights against U.S. support for South Africa and the Vietnam War.
Teaching Middle East Journalism in the Midst of a Crackdown
In a scene I would have found familiar in Cairo, Tehran or the West Bank, the university’s president and the governor of Texas sent dozens of state troopers in riot gear marching down the pedestrian thoroughfare lined with mossy oak trees that is the heart of student life on campus.
The Failures of an American Muslim and Jewish Dialogue
In the wake of the conflict in Gaza, an original member of the Muslim Leadership Initiative, a controversial program aimed at connecting American Muslims with Jewish Americans and Israelis, reflects on its shortcomings and his own efforts to shift U.S. foreign policy.
The Statements We’re Obliged To Make Tend To Be False
If something has to be said, and said in public, there’s a decent chance that it’s a lie. Think of history’s favorite shibboleths: separate but equal; the war to end all wars; we value your privacy. Yet when these pronouncements are made, they also offer a shortcut to the truth.
Through the Psychedelic Looking Glass
The psychedelic renaissance often fixates on the real power of the drugs to heal, while dismissing their equally real propensity to harm. One reason: Big psychedelics means big profits, and there are already huge sums of cash flowing into the industry.
The Long Debate Over Black Artistry Behind ‘American Fiction’
Can’t Black writers write what they want to write in the 21st century? In the world of Percival Everett’s 2001 “Erasure,” the answer was no. In 2023, with the novel’s adaptation into the movie “American Fiction,” the answer is still no.