What an honor to publish this piece by Mara Kardas-Nelson about the lived reality of women who've taken on microfinance debt. Microfinance was the "it" aid program of the Davos crowd for years. To this day, women in the global south are living with the fallout. thenation.com/article/world/…

Biden is no longer a flagrant threat to the Dem Party, and that's a giant relief. But as dylan saba reminds us in this vital piece, the man remains a serious danger to the people of Gaza—and they don't have 6 months to wait for him to leave office. thenation.com/article/politi…

I'm grateful to Ahmed Moor for enduring the full hour-long insult of Netanyahu's speech so that he could write up this response. thenation.com/article/world/…

Giant thanks to the one and only Elie Mystal for breaking down what Biden's trio of court reform proposals do and don't do, can and cannot accomplish—and for making clear the difference between aspirational and radical. Alas, these reforms are not the latter. thenation.com/article/politi…

This piece by @halfmoonpoem shattered me. It's about yet another police murder of yet another kid. About a refugee community finding its voice, demanding justice. About rank political cowardice. But mostly, it's about a young boy who should still be alive. thenation.com/article/societ…

This piece about surviving an Israeli massacre by Heba Alhaddad, cousin of Laila El-Haddad, haunts me, particularly these words: "We wonder if we will be the next targets of American missiles or Israeli snipers, or if anyone will even care." Please, please read. thenation.com/article/world/…

This piece by Elie Mystal exploring KBJ's evolving jurisprudence is super fascinating—a look at the way she's carving out a potentially new model of liberal jurisprudence, one that is more limited in its ambition but may be more effective in a post-Roe world thenation.com/article/societ…

I really don't want to jinx anything, and I definitely don't want to give undue props to the Democrats, but... amid the happy Walz news, there's also this tiny tidbit from Elie Mystal: evidence is mounting that the Dems are finally trying to rein in SCOTUS. thenation.com/article/politi…

Such a good, sharp, necessary piece by the always-righteous Jack Mirkinson. He lays it out so damn well: "Gazans cannot feed themselves on rhetorical tweaks. A harsher tone will not protect them from US bombs. Winks and nods won’t end the genocide." thenation.com/article/politi…

Over the course of The Nation's long history (159 years & counting), the magazine has gotten a few things very wrong—and a lot devastatingly right. 100 years ago, it warned of the horrors of the 1924 Immigration Act. We could've written similar words today thenation.com/article/societ…

What happens when the occupied try to write—or film—history? The Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri found out the painful way with his film “Jenin, Jenin”—which Israel banned. But as ⁦Rania Abouzeid⁩ tells in this beautiful profile, he’s not giving up. thenation.com/article/world/…

Deep gratitude to Adam Johnson for this piece on the horror of watching Democrats suppress any recognition of Israel's US-backed genocide in Gaza so they could keep vibing on joy. A much-needed piece of sanity, clarity, and basic moral decency. thenation.com/article/politi…

Today Israeli police shut down the Haifa branch of the Arab-Jewish Hadash party—all because it planned to screen a film by the man at the center of this piece: Mohammad Bakri. Bakri's crime?He made a film about occupation—through the eyes of the occupied. thenation.com/article/world/…

Congrats to the great Joshua Oppenheimer (& Final Cut for Real) on the premier of his latest masterpiece, THE END. #TellurideFilmFestival audiences are so lucky they get to see it. The film is exquisite; Tilda Swinton breathtaking; the story quietly piercing. A scream wrapped in a lullaby

An amazing piece by Barry Yourgrau about his father, Wolfgang Yourgrau, a Jewish antifascist who fled Germany for Palestine in 1933. It's a story of survival, yes, but also a cautionary tale about some of the dark currents swirling around Israel’s birth. thenation.com/article/world/…

I'd pay serious money to see Elie Mystal take on Trump in a debate. Barring that, I strongly recommend reading this piece in which he sketches out a way for Harris to demolish Trump in Monday's face-off. It won't be easy, but this gives her a shot . thenation.com/article/politi…

Blurgh, I meant Tuesday. The debate is on TUESDAY.🤦‍♀️

Profoundly disappointing to hear that Brooklyn College has backed out of a contract with Jewish Currents and canceled a conference dedicated to issues of critical concern to Palestinians & Jews. Yet another shameful attempt to silence voices that support Palestinian liberation.

Yes to every word of this Nick Schager review of Joshua Oppenheimer's exquisite new film THE END. As he writes, "with [this] maiden foray into drama, the writer/director continues to prove himself one of modern cinema’s true greats." Amen! thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-e… via The Daily Beast

An essential piece by Elie Mystal on the history behind Trump & Vance's racist attacks on Haitian immigrants. It's a long history, but it comes to this: Haitians took their freedom back from the white man—and the white man never forgave them. thenation.com/article/societ…