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The real rioters? Cops and college presidents.

The real rioters? Cops and college presidents.

The kids are alright. The adults are not.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
“Panicking” and “screams”: A Palestinian-American NYU professor describes cops' student protest crackdown

“Panicking” and “screams”: A Palestinian-American NYU professor describes cops' student protest crackdown

Born and raised in Israel, human rights lawyer Jamil Dakwar brings a distinct perspective to the protest movement.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting a $1.2 billion contract with Israel

I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting a $1.2 billion contract with Israel

"It was a complete overreaction on their part to not only fire everyone who was and wasn't involved, but then also threaten everyone else in the company who would dare think to stand up against this...it feels like a very fascist environment."

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas

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The real rioters? Cops and college presidents.

The real rioters? Cops and college presidents.

The kids are alright. The adults are not.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
“Panicking” and “screams”: A Palestinian-American NYU professor describes cops' student protest crackdown

“Panicking” and “screams”: A Palestinian-American NYU professor describes cops' student protest crackdown

Born and raised in Israel, human rights lawyer Jamil Dakwar brings a distinct perspective to the protest movement.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting a $1.2 billion contract with Israel

I spoke with a Google worker fired for protesting a $1.2 billion contract with Israel

"It was a complete overreaction on their part to not only fire everyone who was and wasn't involved, but then also threaten everyone else in the company who would dare think to stand up against this...it feels like a very fascist environment."

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
Biden should do a primetime address on abortion

Biden should do a primetime address on abortion

The president needs to definitively own the issue in a way that feels commensurate with its seriousness. 

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
We can slay giants

We can slay giants

Tech companies and thin-skinned billionaires won't get the final word

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see

Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see

Read the Kansas Reflector's piece about Facebook's climate change ad policy

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
A local news site was critical of Facebook—then Meta banned all their links

A local news site was critical of Facebook—then Meta banned all their links

Their content was erroneously flagged as a cybersecurity threat.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
Dems who censured Rep. Tlaib over Palestine comments largely silent on GOP Rep's call for nukes

Dems who censured Rep. Tlaib over Palestine comments largely silent on GOP Rep's call for nukes

It's telling who does—and does not—get the benefit of the doubt

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
Ronna McDaniel vs. me

Ronna McDaniel vs. me

On being a freelance columnist (and that viral email)

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
Who's a good Jew?

Who's a good Jew?

Trump, Jonathan Glazer and the pernicious need to call out who's doing Judaism correctly.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
How the lads caught royal fever

How the lads caught royal fever

#KateGate has become the biggest crossover event since Taylor at the Super Bowl

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
Joe Biden is too young

Joe Biden is too young

We deserve a president who was at the first Thanksgiving.

Marisa Kabas
Marisa Kabas
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