Check out these recent articles from around the web on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as rising antisemitism and Islamophobia: What Hamas Wants by Yair Rosenberg: “Many got Hamas wrong. But they shouldn’t have. Again and again, people say they intend to murder Jews. And yet, century after century, the world produces new, tortuous justifications… Read More Around the Web: Israel-Palestine

Check out these recent articles from around the web: What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate by McKay Coppins: “One Republican congressman confided to Romney that he wanted to vote for Trump’s second impeachment, but chose not to out of fear for his family’s safety. The congressman reasoned that Trump would be impeached by House… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: How America Got Mean by David Brooks: “We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration. Our society has become one in which people feel licensed to give their selfishness free rein. The story I’m… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: What if We’re the Bad Guys Here? by David Brooks: “The most important of those systems is the modern meritocracy. We built an entire social order that sorts and excludes people on the basis of the quality that we possess most: academic achievement. Highly educated parents… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: They knew the boat could sink. Boarding it didn’t feel like a choice. by Louisa Loveluck, Elinda Labropoulou, Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Siobhán O’Grady, Rick Noack: “The story of how as many as 750 migrants came to board a rickety blue fishing trawler and end up in… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Your Email Does Not Constitute My Emergency by Adam Grant: “When we place too high a priority on the speed of our email replies, we destroy our ability to focus. Interruptions derail our train of thought and wreak havoc on our progress. When you know you… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Free Speech (or Not) at Stanford by David Leonhardt: “Over the past few years, some American universities have seemed to back away from their historical support for free speech. Hamline University in Minnesota effectively fired a teacher who showed a 14th-century painting of the Prophet Muhammad… Read More Around the Web