THE UNITED STATES of America marks its 250^th anniversary in July 2026 with its multiple divided legacies. As we know, the country was founded in the perpetuation of racial slavery, in genocide of the Indigenous nations, in ambitions of vast colonial dominion — and simultaneously in the struggles against those things, producing contradictions persisting throughout its history.
How then will this momentous occasion be remembered? No doubt for the UFC (mixed martial arts) extravaganza on the (…)

Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing' against Palestinians
The Israeli army entered Qusra after days of a settler siege on Palestinian homes in the area. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA
Israeli troops have forced two Palestinian families to leave their besieged West Bank homes, the day after a top Israeli commander personally promised he would end a violent settler campaign to drive them out.
Israeli soldiers also took over eight other (…)

Q&A: STUDENT ACTIVISM ON American campuses in response to the war in Gaza has become a national debate over where to draw the line between political dissent and antisemitism.
Even as many universities have moved to restrict, disperse or discipline protest activity, demonstrations — and the arguments about how to describe them — have continued, raising questions about free speech, campus safety and whether criticism of Israel is being conflated with anti-Jewish hatred.
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