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An Open Letter to DC’s Transit Authority: Don’t Subsidize Uber — Restore Service!

Metro’s plan to subsidize its own competition will hurt the planet, public transit, and the working people who rely on it.

Debate over Ilhan Omar Highlights New Willingness in U.S. to Question Power of Pro-Israeli Lobby

Phyllis Bennis

Phyllis Bennis joins Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! to discuss the recent media firestorm involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, as well as questions about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

What Did Ilhan Omar Say?

Several members of Congress have weighed in on comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar. The problem is, in their outrage, they were misrepresenting what she said. We’ve got the transcript.

Worse Than the Wall

Karla Molinar-Arvizo

The agencies that separate families, abuse children, and deport innocent people should be just as toxic as Trump’s wall.

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.

Sarah Gertler

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to.

Ilhan Omar’s Denunciation of Israel Lobby is Not Anti-Semitism

Phyllis Bennis

Democrats to vote on anti-semitism resolution in response to false accusation against Ilhan Omar.

The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty

Phyllis Bennis

I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, overt or coded or otherwise.