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The Bigger Picture in Israel-Palestine

My Jewish upbringing taught me to stand with the persecuted and the vulnerable. Today, that means the Palestinians.

We can’t say we support justice and human rights in this country while supporting violence and expulsion abroad.

U.S. support for Israel poses a challenge the Biden administration’s promise to center human rights in foreign policy.

Republicans are using a telling choice of words to explain their new voter suppression laws.

The standard, often unreliable reporting on police killings dehumanizes victims — a fact my own family knows too well.

Homeowners in one of America’s wealthiest zip codes are fighting their impoverished indigenous neighbors efforts to develop.

Biden deserves praise for going big and bold on the economy. Let’s push him to go bigger and bolder.

Biden’s plan to create jobs and tax the rich is a good deal bolder than it looks at first glance.

How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.

Shameless speculators are trying to privatize and commoditize the water all humans need to live.