Memorial Day
For California poet Joe Zaccardi our holiday of memory brings back wartime scenes of flying and hope of rescue.
In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity With Palestine, UAW Local 4811’s Stand-Up Strike Grows by 12,000
In These Times
The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.
A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
The New York Times
John S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist — and the brother of the canonical author Harriet Jacobs. Now, his own fierce autobiography has re-emerged.
Can Palestinians Imagine a Future With Israelis After This War?
+972 Magazine
My grandfather remembers neighborly relations with Jews before 1948. For Palestinians today, such a prospect seems nearly impossible.
Trump Wishes His Trial Were Rigged
The Atlantic
Trump is not angry because the Manhattan trial that convicted him was rigged; he is angry because it wasn’t.
Trump’s Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
The New Republic
Democratic operatives sometimes say there’s no sense in talking about Trump’s trials, because his “negatives” are “baked in.” Nonsense. A guilty verdict is powerful new information. The force of this truth should inform how Democrats proceed.
Cancer-busting Vaccines Are Coming
Scientists are developing cancer vaccines that could be used as treatments, after cancer has been found.
The Fake News Divide: How Modi’s Rule Is Fracturing India
The Guardian’s video team travelled through India to explore how fake news and censorship might be shaping the outcome of the election with one billion voters.
Jeremy Corbyn: Why I'm Standing Against Labour After 40 Years
After being excluded from Labour's election list, the former leader of the Labour Party is running as an independent
Following Harry the Film
“Following Harry” is an intimate documentary film that follows 96-year-old civil rights icon Harry Belafonte as he continues his mission of social justice
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