The global pandemic has killed hundreds in Iran, and economic sanctions are aggravating shortages in a country where scarcity is the norm.
Middle East
Posted inAmerica and the World
Israel’s Choice: Deadlock, or a Jewish-Arab Coalition
The nation’s latest election will solve nothing, unless Netanyahu’s opponents finally join forces.
Posted inPolitics
Sanders and the Jewish Vote
How the senator from Vermont is testing the pro-Israel establishment
Posted inAmerica and the World
Sanctions Are Not an Alternative to War
Economic warfare hurts innocent people in Iran and beyond.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Don’t Call It a Peace Plan
Ten ways Trump has launched a relentless assault on the very idea of Israeli-Palestinian peace
Posted inAmerica and the World
From Ivory Tower to Egyptian Dungeon
Liberal arts are under pressure from neoliberalism and the commodification of education. The bigger threat might be autocracy.
Posted inTAP
Financial Hardball and Financial Beanbag
Today on TAP: How the U.S. government uses its financial weapons depends on who you are
Posted inPolitics
Pelosi Made the Right Choice on Iran
There were two ways to stop Trump’s unilateral war-making, and the Speaker chose the one he can’t veto.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Squandered Middle East Opportunity
If only the president had demanded a fundamental rethinking of the goals and tactics of American foreign policy
