Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart is a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents, and a professor at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York. (November 2020)

Peter's recent articles

On the preciousness of life – making sense of the horrifying murders in Washington, DC

On the preciousness of life – making sense of the horrifying murders in Washington, DC

So, this terrible murder of two young Israeli embassy officials, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. I think, is one of those moments where it's important to be able to speak certain complementary truths, truths that are separated by “and,” not by “but.

How Trump lost

If hed governed as he ran in 2016, as an economic populist, he would likely have been reelected. Instead, he reverted to the same old Republican playbook.

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