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Divest From Death From Appalachia to Gaza

Appalachian Jews make the connection between climate disaster in Asheville, North Carolina, and U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.

Noa D鈥檙or Dettwyler, Rebecca Croog | Nov 7, 2024

Israeli Journalist Decries Gaza Genocide

Gideon Levy, an Israeli journalist long critical of his nation鈥檚 apartheid state, offers moral clarity on the first anniversary of the genocide in Gaza.

| Oct 17, 2024

What Do Young Voters Want From Kamala Harris?

Gen Z voters are cautiously optimistic about the vice president. But they want her to end the Gaza genocide.

Lajward Zahra | Sep 18, 2024

Disrupting the DNC for Palestine

Breaking the DNC blackout on Gaza, Codepink's Jodie Evans joined other activists working to keep Palestinians on the Democratic Party鈥檚 radar.

| Aug 28, 2024

Torture Inside a Secret Israeli Concentration Camp

Video now circulating in Israeli media corroborates allegations from Palestinian detainees that Israeli agents at Sde Teiman detention center rape and torture prisoners.

| Aug 14, 2024

The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement

The United States has historically provided hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel. The flow of taxpayer funds to Israel鈥檚 military has only increased since Israeli forces

Marianne Dhenin | Aug 6, 2024

Lessons From Pitzer鈥檚 Gaza Solidarity Encampment

鈥淏y raising the Palestinian flag we force our universities to confront their complicity in Israeli apartheid and the ongoing genocide in Gaza,鈥� writes recent graduate Bella Jacobs.

Bella Jacobs | Jun 13, 2024

Campus Protests Continue as ICC Issues Arrest Warrants

Investigative reporter Arun Gupta analyzes the latest news on Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza.

| May 22, 2024

Why So Many Young Asian Americans Stand With Palestine

This Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, let鈥檚 celebrate anti-war organizers.

Cathi Choi | May 8, 2024

A Jewish American student takes us inside the Free Gaza encampment at Bryn Mawr College, part of the student uprising demanding an end to Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza.

Jewish Students Central to Free Gaza Campus Protests

A Jewish American student takes us inside the Free Gaza encampment at Bryn Mawr College, part of the student uprising demanding an end to Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza.

| May 2, 2024

Shana L. Redmond, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity at Race at Columbia University, speaks with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about campus repression and false accusations of antisemitism.

Inside the Campus Uprising for Palestine

Students and faculty at colleges nationwide are walking out, occupying their campus grounds, and demanding an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.

| Apr 24, 2024

Rethinking Arab American Heritage Month

Cultural heritage months are most useful when they鈥檙e leveraged as an opportunity to demand justice.

Stephanie Abraham | Apr 16, 2024

Activists Organize Gaza 鈥淔reedom Flotilla鈥�

In the face of global inaction on Israel鈥檚 genocide, activists will sail to Gaza to bring desperately needed aid directly to Palestinians.

| Apr 10, 2024

Ending Water Apartheid in Palestine

Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank fighting for the right to a homeland, and for their basic right to water鈥攚hich Israel continues to deny.

Marianne Dhenin | Apr 8, 2024

Investigative Report Undermines Israel鈥檚 Mass Rape Claims

Investigative reporter Arun Gupta delves into his new, explosive story for YES! about Israeli claims of mass rape on Oct. 7, 2023.

| Mar 6, 2024

Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.

Exposing Israel鈥檚 Attempted Pinkwashing of Genocide

Queer liberation goes hand-in-hand with anti-colonialism and anti-Zionism, says a growing movement working to expose Israel's pinkwashing.

| Feb 8, 2024

No Pride in Genocide: Calling Out Israel鈥檚 Pinkwashing

Israel continues to paint itself as a pro-LGBTQ haven in the Middle East, using this alleged tolerance as justification for its genocide in Gaza. Queer activists around the world are pushing back.

Sara Youngblood Gregory | Feb 5, 2024

Global Protests for a Free Palestine: Photo Essay

Voices are echoing worldwide as tens of thousands of people take to the streets to demand an immediate cease-fire and an end to Israel鈥檚 war on Gaza.

Iman Mohamed | Jan 23, 2024

Don鈥檛 Let Zionists Weaponize Jewish Suffering

Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, it鈥檚 essential to remember that 鈥渘ever again鈥� means for anyone.

Shane Burley | Jan 22, 2024

Yemeni Houthis Take Direct Action Against Gaza Genocide

As the U.S. and UK launch airstrikes on Yemen, Isa Blumi explains why the Houthi rebels are attacking cargo and oil ships in the Red Sea.

| Jan 18, 2024

In Ankara, Turkey, people carry pictures of the journalists killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. The commemoration was organized by Ankara Palestine Solidarity Platform, for Working Journalists鈥� Day on Jan. 10, 2024.

Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide

Being a Palestinian journalist has never been easy, but Israel鈥檚 escalation of violence against members of the press in Gaza is unprecedented, say press freedom advocates. Can global solidarity help stop the bloodshed?

Marianne Dhenin | Jan 17, 2024

A screenshot of the video for Sonali Kolhatkar's interview with Huwaida Arraf on Rising Up With Sonali.

What Will It Take to End Gaza Genocide?

Huwaida Arraf explores possible solutions to Israel鈥檚 genocidal assault on Gaza, including enforcing international law and mass global solidarity with Palestinians.

| Jan 3, 2024

A photo of student protests, detail on megaphone with the Palestinian flag over it.

The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech

Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.

Aila Haqq | Dec 20, 2023

Murmurations: There Will Be Living, After All

If we do not turn away from our grief, we can use it to craft armor, building a new demographic that will rise from the rubble to dance like dust.

Malkia Devich-Cyril | Dec 19, 2023

There鈥檚 No Justification for Destroying Gaza鈥檚 Health Infrastructure

In this op-ed鈥攚hich the Journal of the American Medical Association rejected鈥攖hree doctors say the medical establishment should be morally unambiguous on bombing hospitals.

Dr. Leigh Kimberg, Jess H. Ghannam, Rupa Marya | Nov 28, 2023

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