Centuries-Old Practice Brings Women Together for Connection, Support
Photos courtesy of Huda Y Asad and Sahar Mahmoud Hands thread a needle over a tatreez template during a Sisters Sip & Stitch workshop led by Sahar's Studio at the Islamic Resource Center, where participants carry forward a centuries-old Palestinian...
Aid groups warn of mounting challenges to Gaza operations
A view of destroyed clinic belonging to the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after Israeli attack on Gaza City, Gaza on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)Humanitarian workers already face a slew of...
UWM Popular University for Palestine Coalition agreement reached – official statement
Photo by Kamal MoonStudents spent 15 days at the “Falasteen Lawn” encampment before the University of Milwaukee - Wisconsin administration came to an agreement regarding the demands of the newly formed UWM Popular University for Palestine...
Google: Stop retaliating against workers speaking out for Palestine—Reinstate the Fired 50
In an aggressive and desperate act of retaliation, Google has fired 50 workers, including non-participating bystanders, as a response to April 16th's historic, coast-to-coast sit-ins that took place inside Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office in...
How one organization is providing mental health care to Palestinians living through genocide
GAZA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM STAFF PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO DISPLACED CHILDREN, WOMEN, ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN EVACUATION CAMPS IN DEIR AL-BALAH AND RAFAH, IN MARCH 2024. (PHOTO: GAZA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH...
Brookfield moms join University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students’ protest
Photo by Kamal MoonAn encampment established April 29 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment in Israel has been a peaceful place of teach-ins, shared dinners and quiet study areas for students finishing...
Mandela’s grandson rebukes Labour’s Lammy for Gaza protest criticism
David Lammy addresses delegates on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, on 9 October 2023 (AFP)Late South African president Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, has rebuked statements by the UK Labour Party’s...
Campus protests: This could be the moment when Israel loses the West
A protester chants slogans in support of Palestinians in Gaza outside of Columbia University in New York City on 24 April 2024 (Reuters)The Tet Offensive, a surprise attack launched by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam in...
UWM encampment supported by anti-Zionist – not antisemitic – Jewish students and professors
Photo by Joe Brusky Chavurat Tziporah and Jewish Voice for Peace - Milwaukee hosted Shabbat Shirah May 4 at the UW-Milwaukee Popular University for Palestine encampment. Students hold up letters spelling Tikkun olam, Hebrew for "repairing the world."...
PEN America awards and festival canceled after authors and translators pull out en masse
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 27: A person holds a sign during a vigil for U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell at the US Army Recruiting Office in Times Square on February 27, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)On April 22, PEN...
