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Iranian-American poet Esther Kamkar has lived in both Iran and Israel. Rather than split herself in two, she strives to knit her warring halves together.

If denial of collective self-determination of a people is a sin of the modern age, as Israeli defenders often repeat, what of the self-determination of Palestinians? Palestinian violence falls and rises when the hopes for autonomy...[are] crushed...

In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action.

Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, pulls no punches against the Right or the Left. Yet its message is anything but moderate.

One Love Community, which offers free food for neighbors in need, operates 10 community fridges and supports 30 partner fridges in NY and Seattle, with LA and Atlanta to follow soon.

Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, was the most important professional wrestler who ever lived. He was also a terrible human being.

Ukanian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky examines the way complicity with an authoritarian regime can corrupt a whole society.

This study of three late 1940s kibbutzim, writes reviewer Kanaaneh, “analyzes how these so-called leftist settlements” related to their Palestinian neighbors in “the land and the farming villages that were then wiped out of existence.”

Jaws is rightly celebrated as a landmark, generation-defining hit. But it’s not sufficiently recognized as a great 1970s film, exemplifying that rocky decade’s political ire, acerbic social critique, and the lingering practices of realist cinema movi

Studies show microplastics could have the unexpected effect of making foodborne illnesses even more dangerous than before.