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How Do We Tell the Story of Gaza's Murdered Journalists?

How Do We Tell the Story of Gaza's Murdered Journalists?

Steven W. Thrasher on Trying to Make Sense of a Slaughter

By Steven W. Thrasher | August 14, 2025

What ICE’s Assault on Ventura County, California Means for the Rest of America

What ICE’s Assault on Ventura County, California Means for the Rest of America

Steven W. Thrasher on the Brutal Raids by Trump’s Ever-Growing Masked Army

By Steven W. Thrasher | July 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Have Shown Us a Way Forward

Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Have Shown Us a Way Forward

Steven W. Thrasher on What a Healthy Progressive Coalition Looks Like

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 26, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Steven W. Thrasher on Two Men Who Are Showing Us a Better Way

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 23, 2025

Urgent Lessons From a Heroic Early AIDS Doctor: On the Legacy of Joseph Sonnabend

Urgent Lessons From a Heroic Early AIDS Doctor: On the Legacy of Joseph Sonnabend

Steven W. Thrasher Remembers One of the World’s First AIDS Doctors

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 24, 2025

Stenographers of Empire: Where is the Moral Courage in the American Media?

Stenographers of Empire: Where is the Moral Courage in the American Media?

For Steven W. Thrasher the Absence of Solidarity Among American Journalists Has Made Donald Trump’s Job That Much Easier

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 12, 2025

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What If the Covid Safety Net Had Been a Starting Point For Change?

By Steven W. Thrasher | November 8, 2024

In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

By Steven W. Thrasher | October 3, 2024

False Profits: Why I Am Not Teaching in the Classroom This Fall

By Steven W. Thrasher | September 16, 2024

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

"If journalism is not a crime, then it should not be treated as a crime by any government for any journalist."

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 21, 2024

America’s Campus Witch Hunts Are Only the Second Worst Thing Happening to Professors Right Now

America’s Campus Witch Hunts Are Only the Second Worst Thing Happening to Professors Right Now

Steven W. Thrasher on the Importance of Global Academic Solidarity

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 3, 2024

You Are Being Lied to About Gaza Solidarity Camps by University Presidents, Mainstream Media, and Politicians

You Are Being Lied to About Gaza Solidarity Camps by University Presidents, Mainstream Media, and Politicians

What Steven W. Thrasher Saw on College Campuses

By Steven W. Thrasher | May 10, 2024

What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

Steven W. Thrasher on the Myth of the “Independent Journalist”

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 16, 2024

The Social Media Project Humanizing Palestinians Killed By Israel,<br> One Person at a Time

The Social Media Project Humanizing Palestinians Killed By Israel,
One Person at a Time

Steven W. Thrasher Talks with The Martyrs of Gaza

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 25, 2024

Too Little, Too Late: On American Media Executives’ Hypocritical Support of Palestinian Journalists

Too Little, Too Late: On American Media Executives’ Hypocritical Support of Palestinian Journalists

“Is collaborating with the soldiers killing our Palestinian colleagues a good way to be in ‘solidarity’ with them?”

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 12, 2024

As Journalists Are Murdered in Gaza Their Counterparts Lose Jobs in America

As Journalists Are Murdered in Gaza Their Counterparts Lose Jobs in America

Steven W. Thrasher Wonders Who’s Left to “Afflict the Comfortable”

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 27, 2024