"'Kamala' and the self-deluding 'left.'"

“‘Kamala’ and the self-deluding ‘left.'”

The semiology of flowers. Many commentators have attempted to describe the astonishing devolution of Democratic Party politics into sheer marketing: Kamala Harris as product, “new and improved” like a laundry detergent or a frozen dinner. Vanessa Beeley comes up with…

“Democracy or global supremacy.”

“Democracy or global supremacy.”

Democratic Party delegates must choose one come August. In this brief note, the novelist Peter Dimock calls upon Americans to reject Joe Biden’s desperate bid for a second presidential term by prevailing on the four thousand-plus delegates to the Democratic…

"In the shade of an olive tree."

“In the shade of an olive tree.”

A grandmother remembers al–Nakba. Note to readers: After ruminating on this matter, and with the encouragement of various people who have written to us, we have decided to make our Palestinian Voices series freely available to everyone: There will be no paywalls…