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NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

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The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University.

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The Crackdown Explains The Protest

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Lauren Theisen

2023 PEN America Literary Gala – Inside

Arts And Culture

PEN America Chooses The Most Cowardly Words

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Margin Of Error

The Speech-Free Campus

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New York Times Managing Editor Joseph Kahn gives the keynote speech at the Andrew Olle lecture 2017 at ICC darling Harbour on October 27, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.

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Journalismism

The New York Times Ignores Reality In Pursuit Of Objectivity

Palestinian children are standing next to a bombed-out WCK vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

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The Exchange Rate On Palestinian Life

Josh Radnor, Madeline Weinstein, Cherise Boothe, and Michael Khalid Karadsheh in The Ally

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What Comes After The Argument?

Palestinians, who are unable to meet their basic needs due to the Israeli army's obstruction of humanitarian aid, receive a bag of flour from an aid truck that arrived at al-Rashid Street in the west of Gaza City, Gaza.

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The Status Quo In Gaza Is Death

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times doing a PBS interview

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New York Times Pays Thomas Friedman To Compare The Middle East To Bugs

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Dennis Young is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. He can be reached at dennis.patrick.young@gmail.com.</span></p>


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How Four Marathoners Organized A Ceasefire Protest From Across The Country

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The New York Times’ David Leonhardt Turns In A Nasty Piece Of Work

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA on October 25, 2021.

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What Comes After The Post-Crisis Reading List?

Palestinians carry a list of Gaza victims during a rally amid a general strike in the occupied West Bank.

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Palestinian Suffering Is Never As Urgent As The Counterfactual

Premature babies are moved from their incubators to another location at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

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Hamas Will Be Anywhere That Israel Wants It To Be

Palestinians in Gaza carry bodies through the street

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Bearing Witness To Gaza’s Grief Shouldn’t Feel Like A Radical Act


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People carry injured and dead Palestinians from the rubbles of buildings as civil defense teams and civilians conduct search and rescue operations after Israeli attacks on Al-Shati refugee camp of Gaza City, Gaza on October 27, 2023 as Israeli attacks continue on the 21st day on Gaza

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Who Is Allowed To Do Science?

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gather as they demonstrate against Israeli war on Gaza calling for a ceasefire at Sergelstorg Square in Stockholm, Sweden, October 22, 2023.

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What Happens After The Rally Ends?

A man carries a child, wounded by Israeli airstrikes, into Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City

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Subjugation And Dehumanization Lead To Only One Result

A member of Morocco's team holds a Palestinian flag after the team won the penalty shoot-out to win the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Morocco and Spain at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on December 6, 2022.

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Palestine Is All Over The World Cup

Israeli police beat Palestinian pallbearers at the funeral march of Shireen Abu Aqleh

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The Oppressor Always Gets The Benefit Of The Doubt

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Gaza Residents Clean Up As Ceasefire Holds

What A Ceasefire Really Means

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