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July 18, 2020

After Beinart -- What American Progressive Jews Can Do Now

Jerry Haber The Magnes Zionist

"Better to be offended against, than to give offense to others,"

July 18, 2020

Danger at the Mask Factory

Leila Miller Los Angeles Times

Advocates and workers say Los Angeles Apparel failed to come clean about its coronavirus outbreak, creating a climate of fear.

July 18, 2020

Germany, which is weathering the corona pandemic better than most countries, will soon face giant economic problems, with disaster threatening many citizens. Hard confrontations may well be in the offing, in the domestic and foreign spheres.

July 18, 2020

Rashida Tlaib: “It’s the Same Folks Coming After All of Us”

Andrew Lapin The Jewish News

White supremacy is really what brings us all together… When we talk about anti-Semitism, when we talk about anti-Blackness, anti-immigrant, it’s all of us together fighting against the same people.

July 18, 2020

Bolivia’s Coup Regime: Racist, Corrupt, Violent, and Divided and Inept

Forrest Hylton London Review of Books

Senator Jeanine Añez proclaims herself President of Bolivia.

Discredited, divided, and with an election looming, Bolivian President Jeanine Añez’ coup government is peddling conspiracy theories about enemies in the media, government and civil society, all designed to widen the net of adversaries to persecute.

July 18, 2020

Using Hagia Sophia as a Bludgeon Erdogan Launches an Islamic 'Reconquista'

Cengiz Candar Al-Monitor

The reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque is a power move by Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that betrays domestic, regional and even global ambitions. Erdogan's decree strikes another major blow against a secular Turkish state.

July 17, 2020