The Right-Wing Campaign to Purge Women From Women’s Sports
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is the latest athlete deemed insufficiently female by extremists obsessed with the strictest of gender binaries.
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Kamala Harris and the Dangers of the “Glass Cliff”
It’s a familiar story: Women of color get tasked with cleaning up the messes made by white men.
Biden's Failing Mind Might Explain His Incoherent Gaza Policy
Biden’s approach to Gaza isn’t just immoral, it’s incoherent. A new candidate could break with his confused course for good.
Biden Is No Hero for Stepping Aside
President Joe Biden doesn’t deserve praise for dropping his reelection campaign. He deserves blame for getting us into this mess.
The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose
The Trump rally shooting reveals a bipartisan consensus about what constitutes political violence — and who should wield it.
Supporting Palestine Helped the Left Win in France and Britain. Will Democrats Learn From It?
Victories by the left in France and Britain offer powerful examples for U.S. progressives.
The World War on Asylum
From Mexico to the Mediterranean, rich countries would rather see refugees die than recognize their legal asylum rights.
The Supreme Court Wants a Dictator
The right-wing court is engaged in a radical revolution to upend U.S. democracy.
Like Julian Assange, I Know How It Feels to Be Prosecuted for Acts of Journalism
The most dangerous precedent in the case against Assange is the idea that the U.S. government can decide how to define journalism.
Columbia Task Force for Dealing With Campus Protests Declares That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
The task force revealed its plans not in a communiqué to faculty and students — but instead in an Israeli newspaper article.