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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

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The US still needs a strong Black press

For most of two centuries, the Black press has been pivotal in fighting white supremacy.

20.02.2026 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Lessons from 1964’s Mississippi Freedom Summer

The recent arson that destroyed Beth Israel, Jackson, Miss.'s only synagogue, recalls that state's dark history of violence toward those...

31.01.2026 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Chris Van Hollen isn’t afraid to take a stand against Israeli brutality 

For many of us critical of U.S. policy on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen has become the conscience of...

24.12.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

A legacy of equality: Revisiting the Highlander Folk School and its role in the American civil rights movement 

Although largely forgotten, a little-known Tennessee school once powerfully influenced the U.S. Civil Rights movement and its leaders, while...

28.11.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Influential Jewish political groups are way out of step with American Jews

The legacy organizations’ appeal to blinkered tribalism is bound to fail, leaving in its wake a hurtful fissure in the American Jewish community...

05.09.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Live updates: Trump heads to Alaska to for crucial meeting with Putin

President Trump departed Washington just after sunrise Friday, heading west for his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in years and...

15.08.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Stephen Miller’s revenge? Duke is now in the crosshairs

On July 30, the Trump administration froze $108 million in Duke’s federal research funding.

15.08.2025 20

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

‘South Park’ vs. Trump: And the little children shall lead them

What does it say about America that the only people taking on President Trump on his own terms — which is to say, in the gutter — are two bad-boy...

26.07.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

AllAfrica covers a continent the US is increasingly ignoring

The platform is the premier producer and aggregator of content from and about Africa.

23.07.2025 8

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

A modern golem: The ‘antisemitism’ charge has run amok

Leaders like ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt and ZOA’s Mort Klein have successfully conflated any criticism — however justified — of Israel’s Gaza...

18.05.2025 4

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

A visit to Cuba reveals stasis, inequality and desperation

For Cubans here, times are difficult — sometimes desperate. The economy is a mess.

27.04.2025 5

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Purim in Casablanca: Celebrating in Gaza’s shadow

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence of diaspora Jewish...

10.03.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor

Immigration has created a ‘Nuevo South’ in North Carolina

In the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, a nondescript white clapboard house has become one of the most popular restaurants in...

13.02.2025 10

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Mark I. Pinsky, Opinion Contributor