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The Spectator: Neri Zilber on Israel’s second wave
Not long ago Netanyahu was bragging to reporters about Israel's "great success story."
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Foreign Policy: Karina Piser on race in France
A new highly critical report by France’s human rights watchdog has energized the country’s conversation on race, especially after large protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) writes in Foreign Policy. In his report, the human rights ombudsman Jacques Toubon said discrimination is “systemic,” a new criticism in official France, which
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ELLE: Pramila Jayapal answers 20 questions
Jayapal speaks about her new book, "Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political Change."
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Robbie Corey-Boulet wins NLGJA book prize
Acclaim for former ICWA fellow's book Love Falls on Us: A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives.
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The American Scholar: Hannah Armstrong on quagmire in Western Sahara
For more than four decades, the Sahrawi people have called for international recognition of their state-in-exile, without success.
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The Nation: Karina Piser on child hunger
The number of American children who do not get enough to eat has risen to unprecedented levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on the theft of a gangster’s horse
The stallion's story says a lot about the breakdown of Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the face of plans to annex parts of the West Bank.
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Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israeli annexation buzz
Any move to make Israeli rule over the West Bank permanent would send shockwaves through the region.
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AFAR: Nicholas Schmidle on Belgrade cuisine
The Serbian capital glories in its traditions, which make for delicious dining.
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Former fellow William Mattox dies
An arctic geographer and bird of prey naturalist, Bill established the Greenland Peregrine Falcon Survey.