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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Altercation: Is Brookings a ‘Liberal’ Think Tank or a Big-Money Lobbyist
The case of its abruptly resigned leader highlights its dependence on big money from the Gulf.
Posted inPolitics
Will AIPAC Crush One of Congress’s Most Prominent Jewish Democrats?
Former union organizer and synagogue president Andy Levin is being challenged by AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups, largely over his progressive views.
Posted inBooks
What Common Good?
Adrian Vermeule has a new constitutional theory that hides its religious foundations.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Social Media and White Supremacist Terrorism
A movement that’s both nationalist and global, and largely uncoordinated
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Right Answers Celebrated; Speaking Truths Not So Much
Jeopardy! champion Emma Saltzberg’s commitment to Israel-Palestine justice draws the ire of the organized American Jewish establishment.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Abortion and the Beginning of the End of the Right to Privacy
A Q&A with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sets the stage for more restrictive policies.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Altercation: All Israel and the Jews Edition
The latest in books, articles, films, plays, and off-Broadway musicals
Posted inBooks
How the Church Stymies Even Pope Francis
The pope has embraced greater social justice—except when it comes to women and sexuality.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How 9/11 Changed My Life
America turned the trickster Mullah Nasreddin into the Taliban’s Mullah Omar.
