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In an excerpt from Shell-Shocked, a journalist reports on life in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge

October 18, 2023 • by Mohammed Omer

Here in Gaza City, the electricity was gone; it was dark everywhere. The water supply was foul, food was rancid, and fear permeated the summer night. ...

Middle East & North Africa

We are once again proving ourselves to be the dupes of violence

October 18, 2023 • by James Dodd

My deepest fear—and not only for Israel and Palestine, but for many other parts of the world where political responsibility is being undermined by the narcotics of outrage and resentment—is that our political life is currently locked in a downward spiral thanks to which options appear to be more and ...

Politics

In Ecuador, a New Beginning?

The troubled South American country elects an untested 35-year-old president

October 18, 2023 • by Paloma Velasco

Noboa plans to tackle the current crisis with five strategic proposals: reform the penitentiary and judicial system; create a central intelligence agency; protect and strengthen the country’s official currency, the U.S. dollar; reduce unemployment; and become more financially competitive. In theory, these are all good ideas—but citizens have heard all ...

Activism

Reflections on the War between Israel and Hamas

Voices of sanity are in danger of being drowned out by the rhetoricians of all-out war

October 16, 2023 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

For a long time many civilians, Israeli and Palestinian, have suffered, as their leaders have failed to bring about a civil, peaceful, and at least modestly just end to a long and violent conflict. I feel for them all, and particularly for the children who have grown up knowing nothing ...

Reflections on the War between Israel and Hamas

Activism

Anti-natalists Have an Image Problem

Who wants to go extinct?

October 11, 2023 • by Jack Jiang

The anti-natalist movement had its cultural baptism in early 2019, when an Indian man named Raphael Samuel attempted to sue his parents for birthing him. His reason: they had not acquired his consent. ...

Activism

Documenting the Little Abuses

An excerpt from Abolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression

October 11, 2023 • by Chris Robé

El Grito’s video activism is part of a long line of media activist efforts that labored on the front lines against exploitation, racial stereotyping, and state violence. ...

Politics

Could Donald Trump Pardon Himself?

Why the U.S. constitution doesn’t give the president a “GET OUT OF JAIL FREE” card

October 4, 2023 • by Gary J. Schmitt and Jeffrey K. Tulis

In the event of a 2024 reelection, the question arises: Can Trump pardon himself? Constitutionally, this issue exists within a gray area....

Capitalism

How Mary Mattingly’s Floating Barge Tackled Food Deserts in New York City

What foraging can teach Americans about solving national food insecurity

September 27, 2023 • by Emma Slack-Jørgensen

Mattingly’s Swale came before the foraging boom, but it suggests that foraging may hold a permanent place in New York. Foraging is not just another fashionable affectation, but a path to addressing the deep-rooted issues embedded in our current food systems. Swale represents how our understanding of food access is ...