Martin Levine

Marty Levine November 13, 2024 A week ago, I spent Election Day serving as a precinct-level Judge of Elections. A very long day gave me a chance to see...

  Marty Levine October 31, 2024 Yesterday, just one week before election day, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) published a study on the cost of this election season. It...

Marty Levine October 28, 2024 So why is this election so damn close? Just days until the polls close and the votes are counted, it seems as likely that...

Marty Levine October 15, 2024 “Security” and “self-defense” are not magic; they are not get-out-of-jail-free cards. And they do not excuse what is happening day after day in Gaza....

Marty Levine October 7, 2024 It is October 7, 2024. In Chicago, the sun is out, and the sky is blue. Lake Michigan gleams. It is as fine an...

  Marty Levine September 27, 2024 My inbox is regularly filled with news releases and stories of new research reports that touch upon the subjects that I often write...

Marty Levine September 20, 2024 They just can’t stop yelling “antisemitism” in our crowded political space. It seems that whenever a voice is raised in support of Palestinian lives...

Is there any hope here? Marty Levine August 19, 2024 Two recent articles published in the Guardian have shaken my hope that there is a solution to the human...

Marty Levine August 11, 2024 I have been writing about the need for a stronger social safety net for years. And I’ve been constantly amazed that knowledge never seems...

Marty Levine July 31, 2024 Last Sunday’s Haaretz Gaza War update included a comment, attributed to the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, that screamed at me. ...