The Past, Present, and Future of Left Jewish Identity

An interview with Benjamin Balthaser Jacobin
The kind of Jewish identity on display in Jewish-led Palestine solidarity demonstrations organized by groups like Jewish Voice for Peace is part of a long history of Jewish identity being bound up in leftist politics.

STRAW | Tyler Perry Movie

A single mother's (Taraji P. Henson) day spirals into chaos, she becomes the prime suspect in a crime she never meant to commit—and suddenly, her survival depends on the one thing she’s never been able to trust: the people around her. Streaming on Netflix.

Protests Could Break Trump’s Deportation Machine

Jean Guerrero The New York Times
The videos coming out of LA and other cities reveal something Trump's politics can’t touch: the fierce humanity of people willing to risk everything for one another. They don’t just document resistance: they ignite it.

Judge Issues Sweeping Smackdown of National Guard Takeover

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern Slate
Trump claimed there is a rebellion, but Judge Breyer said that obviously no such rebellion exists. Breyer held that a handful of individuals toppling a Waymo does not in fact strip thousands of peaceful protesters of their First Amendment rights.