“Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the staff of the Columbia Daily Spectator.”
Palestine
‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza
“The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring notable stories by Bridget Read, Oscar Schwartz, Mosab Abu Toha, Sierra Bellows, and Stuart Heritage.
My Family’s Daily Struggle to Find Food in Gaza
“In my homeland, where we used to cook and celebrate together, my relatives are eating animal feed to keep from starving.”
The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors
“With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence and dispossession.”
‘Between the Hammer and the Anvil’
“The story behind the New York Times October 7 exposé.”
The Expanding Table: Honoring Palestinian Culinary Tradition in Arkansas
For one baker and educator in Northwest Arkansas, food is a connection to her family’s roots in Gaza—and an essential way to share the stories of their culture.
The Road to 1948
“How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict.”
“A Thousand Eulogies Are Exported to the Comma.” Of Syntax and Genocide
Nicki Kattoura on the impossibility of writing about the destruction of Gaza.
Rubble From Bone
“The war on Gaza is at its core retributive: an act of collective punishment.”