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Some continue to minimize massacres of Israeli civilians - this only fuels militant Zionism. What could lessen its power, drain it of some of that fuel? True solidarity. Humanism that unites people across ethnic and religious lines.

A world-changing week

Israel is bombarding Gaza, slaughtering civilians en masse and vowing to turn it into a “city of tents” following this weekend’s horrific violence. An immediate cease-fire to end the cycle of bloodshed couldn’t be more urgent.

"The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

With his latest missive, he has moved from grief and exhortation to a more strident position

Why did it take so long for other presidents to appreciate the power of these regulatory counterweights?

War, peace and Taylor Swift

The UAW was poised to call out the 5,000 members at GM’s assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, but In the eleventh hour, GM agreed to put battery manufacturing facilities for electric vehicles into its national union contract.

It’s distressing to see this nightmare unfolding precisely because we’ve been down this same road so many times before and, by now, should know exactly where it leads. It takes us back to where we began.

The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The military and intelligence failure does not absolve Netanyahu of his overall responsibility for the crisis.