Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis respond to the recent shooting at two mosques in New Zealand by calling not only for messages of solidarity but also for prevalent campaigns against all forms of hatred.
Justice for All
Is it OK to hate?
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Philip L Bereano reviews Nadine Strossen’s Hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship.
Justice for All
Cautionary Universal Lessons from Jewish Identity Politics
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Rabbi Michael Lerner insists that “a healthy identity politics movement must be one that embraces the equal importance of everyone else’s identity politics.”
Tikkun Daily
ICE Agents are Torturing Detainees in Their Custody
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Defending Rights and Dissent condemns the inhumane treatment of asylum-seekers in ICE detention centers.
Justice for All
Jewing the State of the Union
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Shaul Magid explains how Trump used the Holocaust to manipulate hatred against refugees and immigrants.
Justice for All
Learning from the Teacher Walkouts
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Lois Weiner examines recent teacher walkouts and reminds us that, if they are to be successful, social movements must uproot all forms of oppression.
Two Years Later: Resisting Trump in Michigan
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Ronald Aronson reports on the state of the progressive community two years into Trump’s presidency: “We are ready not simply to oppose Trump but to pose new goals.”
Children in Trouble
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Karen J. Greenberg reminds us that, despite we-are-not-them American exceptionalism, childhood is everywhere under threat and needs to be protected.
Politics & Society
Reflections on MLK Jr.
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In these two articles, authors Obery Hendricks and Ariel Dorfman reflect upon their connections with MLK, Jr.
Politics & Society
100th Anniversary of the Murder of Two German Revolutionaries
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Victor Grossman reflects on the significance of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg on the 100th anniversary of their murder.
Justice for All
Pregnancy as Risk: When Access to Care Really Matters
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MaryAnne Mercer shares a riveting story about the tragic results when mothers-to-be do not have access to quality healthcare and reminds us of the importance to fight for universal care for all.
Activism
Love Knows No Borders
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Cat Zavis reports on a recent interfaith action at the U.S.-Mexico border to demand respect for the human right to migrate and seek asylum, an end to the militarization of border communities, and an end to immigrant detention and deportation and the defunding of ICE and Border Patrol.
Politics & Society
Democrats Likely to Appoint a Militarist Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee
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Stephen Zunes urges readers to tell the Democratic Party leadership to not give Engel the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Global Capitalism
80 Years Since the Holocaust Began – Can We Stop Fascism Today?
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Martin Winiecki explores how to address the rising fascism in Brazil and around the world.