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News from the front lines of progressive grassroots politics.
Tamara Davison
In Lebanon, In Limbo
Repeatedly displaced by Israel’s advances over the war’s first six months, many residents fear they won’t see home again.
Sep 9, 2026
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The Agricultural Fields of Gaza No Longer Feed People
The war has decimated Gaza’s agricultural sector and damaged most of its farmland.
Sep 8, 2026
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The Unsettling Reality of Gaza’s Open Graves
In Gaza, gravediggers are constantly preparing for the next burial.
Sep 4, 2026
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The Equity Docket: If They Find Me in a Tree, Know It Wasn’t Me
Modern day unsolved deaths bear the hallmarks of nineteenth and twentieth century lynchings.
Sep 3, 2026
Linda Falkenstein
Remembering My Friend, Wendell Berry
The great poet, essayist, and fiction writer had a habit of repeating himself—but only because what he had to say was so important.
Sep 3, 2026
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Wendell Berry’s Wisdom of Belonging
The legendary poet, farmer, and philosopher had vital lessons on transforming modern isolation.
Sep 3, 2026
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When ICE Moves Into the Office Next Door
Local activists push back against expansion of immigration enforcement workspaces.
Sep 2, 2026
Zach D. Roberts
In Defense of Voting Rights
Thousands protested disenfranchisement efforts on the sixty-third anniversary of the March on Washington.
Sep 2, 2026
Senator Chuck Grassley
Darline Graham’s Dilemma: Support Trump or People with Disabilities
The political reality is that she cannot plausibly do both.
Sep 1, 2026
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How Music Became a Space for Psychological Recovery in Gaza
The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music attempts to create spaces of calm and healing.
Aug 31, 2026
Watermelon Pictures
American Doctors in Gaza
A new documentary follows three physicians as they volunteer in Gaza and fight for the rights of its people.
Aug 31, 2026
Sam Stein
Solidarity in Masafer Yatta
Settler violence has unquestionably intensified since the last time I was in the West Bank a year and a half ago. So has activism and resistance.
Aug 31, 2026
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Rethinking the Anti-Defamation League
Emmaia Gelman’s new book explores the group’s opposition to leftist movements, especially those linked to racial issues.
Aug 28, 2026
Giacomo Sini
A Place of Peace Amid Turmoil on the Sea
Paréa Lesbos, a community center for migrants and asylum seekers on the Greek coast, is a scenic refuge for those who have faced violence and chaos.
Aug 28, 2026
Ashana Bigard
A Giant Who Walked Among Us
Remembering the civil rights leader and New Orleans icon Jerome Smith.
Aug 27, 2026
Graphic by Zoe Lago
The Grassroots Climate Lawyers Taking the EPA to Court
Behind a legal campaign to meet the Trump Administration’s gutting of environmental protections with slow, granular resistance.
Aug 26, 2026
Graphic by Zoe Lago
Inside Gaza’s Eye Care Crisis
For many Palestinians in Gaza, treatable vision problems have an outsized impact on daily life due to shortages of eye care and medical supplies.
Aug 25, 2026
Wahaj Bani Mfleh
Surviving Torture in the West Bank
For months, Palestinian journalist Majahed Bani Mfleh was held in Israeli administrative detention without charges and subjected to brutal physical violence. He’s far from the only one.
Aug 24, 2026
Zoe Lago
Art for the People
The enduring history of the freeway murals in Los Angeles, and their future at the 2028 Olympics.
Aug 24, 2026
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The SNAP Ripple Effect
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was a cost-effective lifeline for low-income people and families—until the Trump Administration gutted it.
Aug 20, 2026
