Letter to the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism
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MAHA v. Mamdani
More than a century before Zohran Mamdani declared he wanted a New York City network...
How to Lie with (Political) Statistics
On the morning of the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times published its final...
A General Air of Anxiety
“The personal is the political” was a reality for me long before it became the...
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide
Fourteen years ago, Noam Chomsky published “The Responsibility of Intellectuals, Redux” in these pages. He...
Democracy v. the Constitution
Osita Nwanevu is among the most exciting and perceptive writers covering the ill state of...
Could Ditching Elections Save Democracy?
Lottocracy: Democracy Without ElectionsAlexander GuerreroOxford University Press, $45 When democracy seems everywhere in crisis, it...
Israel’s War on Journalists
This essay appears in a special section on “The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age...
Our Man for Tehran
When Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran on June 13, its announced goal was...
How to Hide a Famine
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.” These were...