Isabella Hammad Acts of Language Amid the actual violence of Israel’s assault on Gaza, why have so many writers treated pro-Palestine speech as a threat? June 13, 2024
Neve Gordon Israel’s Universities: The Crackdown Last October, Palestinian students and academic staff in Israel faced unprecedented penalties for their speech. Now the repression persists. June 5, 2024
Susan Neiman Germany on Edge In recent weeks, Germany’s reflexive defenses of Israel and suppression of its critics have assumed a fevered pitch. November 3, 2023
Katie Kirkland Unforgettable, Unrememberable The Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong uses time-bending narratives and disruptive forms to confront her country’s past. August 10, 2023
Robin D. G. Kelley The Long War on Black Studies It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle. June 17, 2023
Alizeh Kohari Flipping the Script in Lahore Joyland and the documentary Showgirls of Pakistan explore the boundaries of identity and desire in an oppressively performative society. April 9, 2023
David Cole The University and Freedom of Expression It is no mere academic matter if Georgetown Law succumbs to pressure to fire Ilya Shapiro over a pair of offensive tweets. February 15, 2022
Xu Zhangrun The Refusal of One Decent Man “What I have done is to continue in a tradition long hallowed among educated individuals in China by following the dictates of my conscience to speak out against tyranny.” August 21, 2021
Xu Zhangrun Xi’s China, the Handiwork of an Autocratic Roué Of course, the regime has rained down punishments on me for my criticisms; I expected that. It only exposes its inherent fragility and unfitness for the modern world. August 9, 2021
Lavender Au In Hong Kong, Beijing Asserts Control The protests of last year against the Extradition Bill convinced Beijing that it needed to intervene. Beijing has now chosen to sideline the Hong Kong government. It will impose its new law on the territory from Beijing. June 5, 2020