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Op-Ed
US Veto of Ceasefire Resolution Reflects Its Colonial View on Whose Lives Matter
Centuries of colonialism and orientalism have shaped U.S. leaders’ calculus on who deserves the right to live.
Does Israel Really “Keep Jews Safe”?
It’s time to reexamine the truism that an ethnonationalist state keeps Jews safe.
Some of the Most Important Connections at COP28 Aren’t Between Heads of States
In the ashes of disappointing negotiations rises a global climate movement demanding action and building solidarity.
Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor
Amid agency budgets cuts and declining social work enrollments, unpaid internships continue to lower the wage floor.
We Need a Transnational Uprising Against Reckless Escalation of the Arms Race
The Biden administration is carelessly pushing the world closer to nuclear war.
Carbon-Trading Plans Are Thinly Veiled Land Grabs That Displace People Globally
The COP28 climate summit is in danger of codifying carbon-trading schemes that often displace Indigenous people.
Hanukkah Is a Time for Palestine Solidarity, From Fasting to Public Disruption
This holiday of feasts begins as people starve amid genocide in Gaza. Activists are fasting weekly for a ceasefire.
Eagerness to Cut Social Security and Medicare Wins Haley Wealthy Donors
Coming out strong on this issue tells the billionaires everything they need to know about who Nikki Haley really serves.
With COP28 Underway, Let’s Recommit to an Ongoing Struggle for Systemic Change
Neither COP28 nor individualistic approaches will solve the climate crisis. We need to buckle down for a long fight.
A Trump Reelection Threatens to Make America Fascist Again
Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act on his first day back in office.