Advertisements Rashida Tlaib being under assault is nothing new. But in her newly-redrawn district this time, she is facing an even bigger challenge: a new SuperPAC that was assembled by a “coalition of African American business, political and civic leaders, working alongside peers in the Jewish community.” Worse, the attacksContinue Reading
Advertisements As the Derek Chauvin trial nears its climax, we should consider just how little throwing him jail will accomplish. Reinforcing our police-incarceration complex is not going to stop us from seeing the next George Floyd, Adam Toledo, Michael Brown, or Breonna Taylor. I explore these ideas in my latestContinue Reading
Advertisements I had an uneasy feeling of déjà vu. Not a precise echo, but more like the same response to a different, but similar, situation. The feeling came over me when I heard former President Barack Obama dismiss the movement to Defund the Police as a “snappy slogan.” I understandContinue Reading
Advertisements You knew it had to happen, didn’t you? Israel’s absence from most of the 2020 election campaign couldn’t last. In Georgia, we see the ugly face of Israel-Palestine politics from both sides. Republican Kelly Loeffler launched a disingenuous attack on Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock calling him anti-Israel and implyingContinue Reading
Advertisements The recent controversies around antisemitic statements made by athletes DeSean Jackson and Stephen Jackson, and entertainment mogul Nick Cannon have raised troubling questions about how to address antisemitism, especially now that it is on the rise. There is a clear need to build much stronger connections between the fightContinue Reading
