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Starvation in Gaza

Alex de Waal London Review of Books
Genocide Convention: Article 2(c) prohibits ‘deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part’.

Land of Hope and Dreams

Bruce Springsteen and the EStreet Band YouTube
On May 14, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in Manchester, England. Highlights from that first night are now available digitally as the “Land of Hope & Dreams” EP

Can Donald Trump Build the ‘Golden Dome’ Over the US?

Bernd Debusmann, Jr BBC
The Congressional Research Office, or CRS, has said that "hundreds or thousands" of space-based platforms would be necessary to "provide even a minimal defence" against incoming missiles - a potentially enormously expensive proposition.

The Woke Right Wants To Cancel Ms Rachel

Meagan Day
Children’s content creator Ms Rachel is opposed to slaughtering children in Gaza and everywhere else. The Right’s attacks in response are reactionary wokeness run amok.

The Building Trades Want To Save the IRA

Paul Prescod Jacobin
The Inflation Reduction Act has helped create good union jobs in the clean energy sector. Republicans want to derail this progress to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The building trades are starting to fight back, and environmentalists should join

Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print.

The Democratic Party Botched the 2024 Election

Anne Colamosca Tribune
The Democrats neglected their voter base in 2024 and failed to respond to Trump’s campaign with anything beyond the maintenance of a bankrupt neoliberalism.