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Is Denying the Nakba Antisemitism?

Peter Beinart Beinart Notebook
If expelling people because they are different does indeed constitute “anti-semitism,” then the Nakba — in which roughly 750,000 Palestinians were either expelled from their homes by Israeli forces or fled constitutes a vast “antisemitic” atrocity.

Flight Attendants Fighting Back

Jennifer Gonnerman The New Yorker
Sara Nelson, the head of the flight attendants’ union, leads her members through turbulent times and mounts a major organizing drive at Delta.

Stopping Attacks on Health Care Workers

Tom Conway USW
Attacks on health care workers have reached epidemic levels across the country, exacerbating turnover, turning caregivers into patients and further fraying systems of care already worn thin by COVID-19.

Far Country: Scenes From American Culture

Melissa H. Pierson Barnes & Noble Review
In this short book, an innovative literary critic uses what reviewer Pierson describes as "data-driven or science-based methods not traditionally associated with art appreciation" as tools of qualitative literary analysis and criticism.

Responsible Gun Ownership Is a Lie

David Frum The Atlantic
One way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them, their families, and those around them less safe.

Arsenal of Autocracy?

William D. Hartung TomDispatch
The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just in Ukraine