It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politically inspired by a good candidate with a good message.
Religion
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Antisemitism Real and Fake
Both kinds are on the rise, and feed on each other. But real antisemitism is growing—and the prime minister of Israel and the military policies of that nation are the prime source of its revival.
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Mamdani and the Jews
Unlike his opponents in the New York City mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani has offered perspectives on Israel, Zionism, and antisemitism that have upset and even alarmed some voters. But his outreach efforts to the city’s diverse Jewish communities will persist.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Secret Sharers: Jews, Muslims, and this Long, Cruel War
Jews and Muslims are victims of victims, an endless death cycle that grips Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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Charlie Kirk’s Theocracy
Today on TAP: Will his brutal murder bring Americans together—or create justification for more vilification, vengeance, and violence?
Posted inEducation in America
Judge Rules Ohio’s Voucher System Unconstitutional
The ruling could end the siphoning of funds to private and parochial schools.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Free Speech Police
Under the Trump administration, every law enforcement agency is an immigration agency. And that often means attempting to deport people for their political beliefs, particularly about Israel.
Posted inPolitics
Could Anything Be More Bigoted Than Trump’s Travel Bans?
The 48 nations on his no-visa lists are united only by populations from which white Christians are almost entirely absent.
Posted inEducation in America
Why Are Republicans Planning to Tax University Endowments More Heavily Than Other Forms of Private Wealth?
There isn’t a legitimate public purpose. The intent is punitive and political.
Posted inWorking in America
A Working-Class Pope
By his deeds, and by choosing the name of the last Pope Leo, the new pope’s Catholicism appears Christian—and even social—democratic.