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The Trauma of Displacement from Palestine to Mexico in “Traces of Home”
The daughter of a Mexican mother and Palestinian father, Ghunim grew up in suburban Schaumburg, Illinois, where she and her brother had every material accoutrement of middle-class life. But something was missing.
Book Review: From the Flag to the Cross
“Is it fascism?” isn’t what we need to know, we need to know how to fight it.
“The Fine Line Between Horror, Hope” for Migrant Families in ‘Now We are Here’
Gabrielle Oliveira follows the lives of 12 immigrant families as they navigate life under Trump’s family separation policies, the pandemic, and assimilation into the United States.
Undocumented Women’s Group Brings Feminist Take to Day of the Dead
This year’s celebration focused on honoring victims of the immigration system.
New Book Unpacks How Zionism is Mythologized in Hasbara
Malinowitz’s “Selling Israel” provides both the hard facts and historical background necessary to contest Zionism as the best and only way to combat hatred of Jews.
“La Edad de Agua” Reveals the Price of Water
A group of activists—and grieving mothers—fights to understand the truth about where their water supply went, and how it may have become deadly.
A Revolutionary Fantasy That Speaks to Our Current Descent into Despotism
In One Battle After Another, the rebels savor the thrill of fighting back against an oppressive system but pay a brutal price for doing so.
Book Excerpt: Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933-1945 by Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace concludes his trilogy of New York City history with a chronicle of the American anti-fascist movement’s beginnings in NYC.
A Taste of Affordability: Creamy Spinach and Sausage Weeknight Pasta
Good food shouldn’t exhaust you to make, and food doesn’t need to be complex to be satisfying.