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A central pillar of President Trump’s politics is a sustained assault on the free press. Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather “the enemy of the people.” This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences.

A new law introduced in the U.S. Congress seeks to clamp down on criticism of Israel at the expense of First Amendment rights. The unconstitutional bill, titled the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018, conflates criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism

One of Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz’s contributions to discussions of Jewish identity was her theory of what she called radical diasporism - that Jews can honor their Jewish identity, history and culture without believing that Israel is their homeland.

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The Workers Lab uses the tech-based incubator approach to organize for worker rights and justice.

A pungent and exhaustive evaluation of the short-lived, pre-war popular front government of France, written on the heels of its demise by the brilliant French writer Simone Weil, with an introduction by the NLR editors.

"We're just getting started. We're going to change America for hundreds of years. Thank you to everyone who is forcing change."

This book, by pediatrician, scientist and activist Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, is the first-hand account of record of the Flint Water Crisis, written by the person that brought the catastrophe to the public's attention.

The Republicans stuck with their president, right up to the end.

Social deprivation following neoliberal austerity economics have fed the rise of the extreme right – a development which fascist elements in Germany are keen to exploit. The right-wing Afd won 15% of the union vote in the last elections.