Despite the intentional dehumanization of our people and emasculation of our men, Gaza is birthing a new kind of masculinity — based not on militarism or stoicism but on moral clarity and dignity, even in starvation. Growing up in Gaza, I learned that to be a man, I had to silence my tears, hide my trembles, and choke down my pain. But how am I supposed to hold it all in when everything around me has collapsed? I entered manhood under bombardment, in a world that rarely considers the (…)

- Palestine & Israel / Palestinians, Gaza, Masculinity / Masculinism /Male solidarity, Genocide / Pogrom / Crime against humanity, Psychology / Psychiatry, Male identity

The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a reality Donald Trump boards Air Force One in Maryland as he departs for Iowa on 3 July 2025. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters For decades, Republicans have argued that the US would be better off if taxes were low, and programs to help low-income Americans were harder to access. With Donald Trump's marquee tax and spending bill now set to become law, the country will find out what it's like (…)

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With their illiberal attitudes and ever more draconian use of technology to crack down on protest, it is ministers who now imperil our rights Palestine Action protesters in Bristol after spray-painting the outside of the Allianz building, 14 April 2025. Photograph: Martin Pope/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock No one can be trusted with power. Any government will oppress its people if not constantly and inventively challenged. And the task becomes ever-more urgent as new technologies of (…)

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