Editorial


The Days After

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Is the public, both American and Israeli, ready for the consequences of a possible military strike on Iran? Recent polls say the answer is clear: No way.Read More


Race for the Door

FORWARD EDITORIAL: The outrage worked. Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed its decision to cut off funding for breast cancer screenings by Planned Parenthood.Read More


The Adelson Factor

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Something is fundamentally distorting democratic ideals in both Israel and the U.S. How do the rest of us compete with Sheldon Adelson’s wealth?Read More


State of Fairness

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Mitt Romney’s returns showed he paid just 13.9% in income tax. That makes President Obama’s State of the Union case for reform even stronger.Read More


Where Are the Women?

FORWARD EDITORIAL: It’s not only in Israel that Jewish women deal with being excluded. It happens in positions of authority in the U.S., too, and it must stop.Read More


A Movement Lives On

By Jane Eisner

Stav Shaffir looks like any other Israeli grad student, with tousled hair and her iPhone in reach. She has a far-reaching goal: to change the country for good.Read More


The Quieter Upheavals

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Conversations with Israelis and Palestinians revealed a deep sense of pride and potential for a social reawakening in both societies, despite their tragic divide.Read More


King’s Last Crusade

FORWARD EDITORIAL: Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 83 on January 15. He started transforming this country as few had done before him, and he was only getting started.Read More


Marwan Barghouti Speaks, Through Wife

By Jane Eisner

The Palestinians’ most famous prisoner and most popular politician tells the Forward through his wife that he believes in a two-state solution and unity with Hamas is coming soon.Read More


Attack of the Super PACs

FORWARD EDITORIAL: A momentous Supreme Court decision on campaign finance has given rise to a new and potentially destructive player in elections: the Super PAC.Read More