World / October 16, 2023 It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing Palestinians don’t need crocodile tears and lawyer-speak. They need a cease-fire. Ad Policy Palestinians look for their belongings among the rubble of their destroyed houses as Israeli attacks continue in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 16,…
Society / October 16, 2023 Solidarity With Palestine Is Not a Crime Governments, news outlets, and major corporations are making it clear: It is not acceptable to support Palestine right now. Nima Shirazi Ad Policy Riot police arrest a protester during a banned demonstration in solidarity with Palestine at the Place de la Republique in…
October 16, 2023 The Fight Over MSNBC’s Cave-in to Islamophobia Amid war fever and bigoted violence, we have to combat media cowardice. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Left to right: Ayman Mohyeldin, Ali Velshi, and Mehdi Hasan. (Left to right: Taylor Hill / WireImage, Taylor Hill / FilmMagic, David Livingston / Getty) In the wake of…
Society / October 16, 2023 The NFL Prays for Israel and Ignores Palestine A few football fans started chanting “Free Palestine” during a moment of silence for the Israeli dead. It was a cry for Palestinian lives to matter as much as Israeli ones. Dave Zirin Ad Policy An interior view during the NFL football…
Society / October 16, 2023 We Must Not Let the Truth Become a Casualty of This War Now more than ever, it’s crucial that we talk about what is actually happening in Gaza and Israel, not about unverified rumors. Musa al-Gharbi Ad Policy An Israeli solider rides toward the border with the Gaza Strip on…
World / October 16, 2023 In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace For Netanyahu, as for Hamas, the life of a child born into the opposing “nation” has no value. Amy Wilentz Ad Policy A wounded Gazan civilian is rescued by other civilians after the IDF bombed a residential building in the…
Politics / StudentNation / October 16, 2023 Texas Republicans Want to Ban the State From Taxing the Rich Proposition 3 would prohibit the creation of a “wealth tax” in the Lone Star State, putting businesses and billionaires over the average citizen. Aina Marzia Ad Policy Texas state Representative Cole Hefner speaks to fellow state representatives…
Books & the Arts / October 16, 2023 Ones and Zeros The rise and rise and rise of data. How Everything Became Data Starting with the birth of statistics in the 19th century and concluding with algorithms and AI systems, a new book examines how humans became studied as a set of ones and zeroes….
Economy Today 5:30 am In West Virginia, Can the Left Win Back “Trump Country”? In West Virginia, Can the Left Win Back “Trump Country”? Not until coastal journalists stop viewing rural people as an exotic species. Richard Eskow October 16, 2023 West Virginia’s statehouse is pictured here on January 17, 2021. (Jeremy Hogan / AP)…
