by Nada Elia | Sep 24, 2026 | Ahed Tamimi, Apartheid, Children, Colonialism, Excerpt, Imperialism, intifada, Israel, Liberation, Oppression, Palestine, Resistance, Women
I grew up in a household of women and children that, as my sisters and I matured, eventually became a household of only women. My father was frequently gone on long overseas business trips before his untimely death when I was seven. I often wonder if this is the reason the expression “women and children” strikes me as essentially flawed: It suggests that women and children are the more vulnerable…
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by Rashida James-Saadiya | Feb 4, 2026 | care, Collective Survival, Donald Trump, ICE, Liberation, Op-Ed, rapid-response network, Resistance, Trump Administration
The U.S.’s political landscape — and our daily lives — are increasingly shaped by repression and violence, amplified by a media cycle designed to keep us fearful in the present, uncertain about the future, and depleted. Exhaustion is not a side effect of this system. It is one of its core tools. Last year, I wrote that Donald Trump’s attacks were designed to exhaust us. Over the past year, I’…
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