Trump’s new travel ban is a gratuitously cruel sequel
The new travel ban policy is alienating, counterproductive and racist – and it isn’t the flex that Trump thinks it is, I …
Antisemitic and Islamophobic violence is rising in the United States. Both must stop
I wrote this essay for The Guardian following the terrible events in Boulder, Colorado. We have a duty to call out antisemitism …
The shooting of Israeli embassy staffers was a stupid and horrific attack
The killing of two Israeli embassy staffers is unconscionable and does not advance the cause of Palestinian liberation, I argue in The …
We’ve never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency
In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-ups, I …
The case against Mahmoud Khalil is meant to silence American dissent
As I write in The Guardian, the open door of American democracy is slamming shut faster and louder than we could have …
Exclusive: New transcript of Signal chat
[SATIRE] I have obtained a new transcript of the Signal conversation between high-level government officials and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and am publishing …
Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy
For The Guardian, I wrote about how the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is an attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free …
As the postwar liberal order unravels, new arrangements will be necessary
For The Guardian, I wrote about how the current situations in Ukraine and Gaza are related. How? Trump has been signaling loudly …
A mind-numbing affair: On Trump’s Inauguration Speech
I wrote this short essay as a part of a Guardian panel on Trump’s inauguration speech. Well, that was boring. Predictable, prosaic …
Daniel Penny’s lawyers used a racist defense strategy and it worked
I wrote this essay for The Guardian, highlighting a fundamentally racist argument that Penny’s lawyeres used in the trial, that it was …