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Op-Ed
Queer Activists Are Making BDS a Key Question of Pride This Year
LGBTQ people are pushing Pride events to reject pinkwashing, endorse BDS and show solidarity with Palestine.
Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services
Finance, technology and social media companies often position themselves as solutions to problems they helped create.
This Juneteenth, Let’s Celebrate International Black Struggle
As the global right wing casts its shadow, we draw strength from the long tradition of Black internationalism.
A Climate Emergency Declaration Is Long Overdue — as Is a Climate Action Plan
The US urgently needs a complete plan with clear, enforceable targets, timelines, and roadmaps for climate protection.
Israel Killed My 13-Year-Old Son. There Is No Father’s Day in Gaza.
When Israeli war planes dropped a bomb on our house, Abdullah ran toward me and said “Dad.” It was his last word.
Divesting From Israel’s War Isn’t Naive. Students Did It With Fossil Fuels.
The success of the fossil fuel divestment movement shows why divestment is such a powerful and threatening demand.
Brexit Still Haunts the UK as Conservatives Flail Before the General Election
Meanwhile, despite party purges and a milquetoast platform, Labour appears to have an impenetrable lead.
Rebuilding the Left Is Crucial to Stemming the Surge of Europe’s Far Right
Europe has been lurching further to the right to the point that the far right has now become mainstream and normalized.
Biden Opposed Trump’s Asylum Ban in 2018. Now, He’s Implementing It.
If Biden hopes to bolster his lackluster campaign with this desperate turn to the right, he is bound to be disappointed.
Future Generations Will See Students Backed Palestine as Admins Attacked Protest
These moments determine how history will remember each of us, as well as how we remember history in the future.