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A hundred years ago, radical Finnish immigrants founded a cooperatively-owned park to escape political repression on Minnesota’s Iron Range. It’s still “a workingman’s paradise.”

The presidential election is now two months away. What if the billionaire contests the result? What if he decides democracy is over-rated? This was Elon Musk's role in England. Now Trump is proposing him as our new Efficiency Czar.

Ta-Nehisi Coates's writing on race fueled a reckoning in America. Now he wants to change the way we think about Israel and Palestine. "I realized how similar what I was seeing was to the world my parents and grandparents were born into.”

Leaked documents show that the secretary of state received two explosive reports on Israel blocking aid to Gaza—right before he told Congress the exact opposite. Two U.S. government agencies advocated a pause in arms sales to Israel, in May.

In South Asia, from mass unrest to political upheaval

A Very American Malaise

“While he would readily admit to the wrongs he had done throughout his life, he never wavered in asserting his innocence of the crime for which he was put to death tonight.”

The suspended student, a PhD candidate, is facing the possible revocation of his visa as a visiting foreign student. If his visa is revoked, he will likely be deported by the end of the week.

In the name of Jewish and global sustainability and safety, American Jews must end their long standing, unquestioned allegiance to Zionism and Israel.