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Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster

Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson ProPublica
President Biden has promised enough doses for all American adults by this summer. There’s not much even the Defense Production Act can do to deliver doses before then.

After the Spring

Toufic Haddad Red Pepper (UK)
Despite the carnage of contemporary Syria and Libya, and the ruinous stalemate of Yemen, the euphoric appeal of what was once described as the ‘Arab Spring’ continues to feed revolutionary processes across the region.

The Big Lie

Eli Zaretsky London Review of Books
Hitler defined the Big Lie as an untruth so colossal that people ‘would not believe that others could distort the truth so infamously’. Trump’s claim that he won the election ‘in a landslide’ and victory was stolen from him is a lie of this sort.

Will Impunity Reign or Will International Criminal Justice Come for Israel?

Jonathan Kuttab Arab Center Washington DC
The International Criminal Court, in the Hague, Netherlands.
On February 5, the International Criminal Court removed one more barrier to holding Israel accountable for its violations of international law. Will its investigation restrain the Israeli government from future crimes against the Palestinian people?

The Deep Rot of the Massachusetts Democratic Party

Daniel Boguslaw The New Republic
The Bay State’s deep-blue reputation obscures a cynical political establishment that’s more interested in accruing power than in advancing progressive policies.

High School Production of Les Miserables

Connie Post Ovenbird Poetry
Connie Post’s remarkable poem illuminates how our culture programs us to grieve for soldiers but accept exploitation of young women.