by Matthew Friedman | Sep 13, 2020 | Commentary
If you know one thing about Jessica Krug, it is that she is a white woman who passed herself off as a person of color. If you know two things about her, it is that she is a Jewish woman who passed herself off as a person of color. The first detail is relevant because,...
by Matthew Friedman | Aug 30, 2020 | Commentary
This image will surely be an indelible icon of our historical moment: A white teenager strolls nonchalantly along the streets of Kenosha, with an assault rifle in his right hand, casually waving at police shortly after he jas murdered two people protesting the...
by Matthew Friedman | Aug 17, 2020 | Commentary, Essays, Politics
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate landed in social media with curious effect. Longtime Democrats, centrist liberals, and that fuzzy sliver of moderates who occupy the narrow space between the Democratic Party’s...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 30, 2020 | Essays
A right-wing extremist fired ten shots into a crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Austin last weekend, killing Garrett Foster. The incident is eerily reminiscent of the El Paso shooting last year, the Tree of Life Massacre in Pittsburgh and, more than...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 20, 2020 | Commentary
Comedian and celebrity television host Nick Cannon interviewed Richard “Professor Griff” Griffin about his new book, and the conversation quickly turned to the latter’s well-documented antisemitism. Griffin brushed the charges aside on the grounds that Jews are not...
