Israel-Gaza War

A Q&A with the author of "America, América: “A New History of the New World.”

How the fabled Hollywood director confronted survivor’s guilt, the legacies of the Holocaust, and the paradoxes of Zionism.

Eighty years of talking peace and preparing for nuclear war.

A new book traces how "the wet dream of an ageing militarist has become a fundamental force driving American foreign policy."

“Never again” and the “responsibility to protect” now license forcible territorial annexation.

He challenged the violence of US power, abroad and at home. His radical internationalism, from Congo to Palestine, speaks to our moment.

The AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world, between the 1940s and 1990s.

On underground presses and state violence.

Diplomatic relations, domestic repression. Plus: the truth about Joseph Welch, and a bit of family history.

What was the liberal #Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And what did commentators like Heather Cox Richardson morph into during the Biden years?

Many of today's most influential right-wing tactics and arguments have their roots in 1960s-era college campuses.

Are we doomed to repetition? It’s something I worry about.

Anti-war politics has a rich historical tradition, one that seems to be in desperate need of revival.

Exploring the correspondence of June Jordan and Audre Lorde, Marina Magloire assembles an archive of a Black feminist falling-out over Zionism.

But they also find key differences.

Jews in the industry called for the Academy Museum to highlight the men who created the movie business. A voice in my head went, Uh-oh.

When police raided Columbia University in May, commentators drew parallels to the 1968. But the school’s hostility to the antiwar movement traces back to 1917.

Stop Cop City meets the establishment.

The history of American Communism shows that dogma and fervor are no substitute for popular support.

A shocking image of the 1906 atrocity survived but failed to become a humanitarian touchstone.

On (not) voting.

For generations of American radicals, the path to liberation required a new constitution, not forced removal.

In trying to freeze reality into a cudgel that can be used to assault political opponents, the New Atheists deny the observable evidence in front of them.

The City University of New York has long stood at once for meritocratic uplift and for civil disobedience.

From Dow to now.

With the Dow sit-ins of the 1960s, students drew attention to links between the campus, war, and imperialism.

Universities spent years saying that activism is not just welcome but encouraged on their campuses. Students took them at their word.

We don’t need to imagine a world ravaged by nuclear war – we’re already living in it.

The UN’s failure to dismantle the colonial order foreclosed the application of the Genocide Convention to Israel, South Africa, and the United States.

For as long as Americans have been subjected to lousy candidates, they’ve been told to suck it up and vote for one of them.