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This Week in People’s History, Jun 24–30, 2026

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Photo of a pack of cigarettes and its health-hazard warning A Long-Delayed Warning at Long Last (1964), U.S. Thumbs Nose at International Court of Justice (1986), A Champion in More Ways than One (1971), A Braver, Saner, Truer Rebel (1916), Holding the Line Against Trump Administration Sexism (1966)

The Bitter Fight Over the Meaning of ‘Genocide’

Linda Kinstler The New York Times
Debates over how to describe conflicts in Gaza, Myanmar and elsewhere are channeling a controversy as old as the word itself. The Genocide Convention emerged as an immediate response to World War II-today its being renegotiated to bring it up to date

Friday Nite Videos | March 29, 2024

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Jordan Klepper on Dealing With Jan 6 Rioters. AOC on Looming Famine in Gaza, Will the ICJ's New Orders Help the People of Gaza? What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You To Know. What the Red Sea Ship Attacks Are Really About.

Don’t Turn Away From the Charges of Genocide Against Israel

Megan K. Stack The New York Times
With the question of whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza now before the International Court of Justice, the Biden administration has struck a tone of glib dismissal. The administration’s posture of indifference strains credulity.
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