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I don’t believe that Beethoven was interested in everyday politics. He was not an activist. He was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was concerned with moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong....

You know who has good reason to fear for their safety? People, many of them Jews, getting pummeled by cops and fascists. People getting high-powered rifles aimed at them from rooftops by agents of the state told to be ready to shoot....

Holocaust scholar and pro-Palestine activist Norman Finkelstein expresses his support for the student protests, insisting on the importance of free speech and uniting the majority of Americans around solidarity with Gaza.

With a shipment of some 3,500 bombs currently on halt, U.S. President Joe Biden is sending a clear message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a ground operation in Rafah. Biden is sending a clear and unequivocal message: enough is enough.

Militarism lays waste to the climate

"I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South," one expert said.

A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities.

How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel's War

"Now Israel has a green light to destroy Rafah in slow motion," said one critic.