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Israel’s War Against the World

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies LA Progressive
Israel’s relationship with the UN and the rest of the world is at a breaking point, and U.S. obstruction offers no solution to this crisis—it only fuels it.

In the Shadow of King Coal

Sarah Jones Dissent Magazine
While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia.

Playing Hardball

Arkadi Gerney, Sarah Knight The American Prospect
Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.

Is This Israel’s First Apartheid War?

Oren Yiftachel +972 Magazine
Far from lacking a political strategy, Israel is fighting to reinforce the supremacist project it has built for decades between the river and the sea.

Letter From a Childless Cat Lady

Rebecca Jamieson Isthmus
Vance claims that childless people are “sociopathic” and have no stake in our country’s future. Isn’t caring for those who aren’t related to us the exact opposite of sociopathic?

Trump’s Most Unsettling Spectacle Yet

Sidney Blumenthal The Guardian
Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric