A maelstrom around Rashida Tlaib shows how broken discourse about the war has become
An offensive political cartoon is just the latest indication of our inability to talk through complicated issues
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Fast Forward In a rare move, the U.S. House of Representatives censures Rashida Tlaib for Israel remarks
The vote was sure to sharpen divides among Democrats over the war, with some Democrats vehemently defending Tlaib's right to use the term "from the river to the sea" and others saying the term signifies the elimination of Israel
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