Abdallah Fayyad

Democratic voters have turned against Israel. Why won’t their leaders? Democratic voters sympathize much more with Palestinians than Israelis, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the party establishment.

Given how far Democratic voters have moved on support for Israel — a more than 60-point swing in the last decade — why has their party’s establishment been so slow to respond? www.vox.com/politics/421...

Democratic voters have turned against Israel. Why won’t their leaders? Democratic voters sympathize much more with Palestinians than Israelis, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the party establishment.

It shouldn’t have to be “good politics” for leaders to do the right thing—especially in this case, where there is an ongoing genocide. But even though the politics should make standing up against Israel an easy choice, Democrats are still reluctant to change. Here's why: www.vox.com/politics/421...

There’s also a gap between what Democrats say and what they do. In recent weeks, more Dems have made statements about the famine Israel engineered in Gaza, but just this month, party leaders met with Netanyahu—a man who is charged with using starvation as a weapon of war and other crimes.

Democratic voters have turned against Israel. Why won’t their leaders? Democratic voters sympathize much more with Palestinians than Israelis, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the party establishment.

Wrote about the massive disconnect between Democratic voters and the Democratic establishment on Israel, and why despite a huge swing toward support for Palestinians among voters over the last 10 years, party leaders have resisted changing their stance: www.vox.com/politics/421...

The crimes Trump doesn’t care about Trump’s DOJ is going soft on corporate crime

Wrote about how the Trump administration is (surprise!) going soft on white collar crime: www.vox.com/policy/41995...

Zohran Mamdani’s not-so-radical agenda Despite the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor being labeled a communist, his agenda actually promises something much more ideologically modest.

A look at the hyperventilating, poorly informed and, yes, frankly racist attacks on Mamdani. www.vox.com/politics/418...

The astonishing racism in NYC’s mayoral race And 3 reasons that explain it.

Throughout Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for New York City mayor, he’s faced a barrage of attacks that have only gotten worse since he handily won the Democratic primary two weeks ago.

And this isn’t just happening at the local level. www.vox.com/politics/419...

The astonishing racism in NYC’s mayoral race And 3 reasons that explain it.

Wrote about the astonishing bigotry we’re seeing in the NYC mayoral race, and how it’s fueled by anti-Palestinian racism and a new era of crassness and cruelty. www.vox.com/politics/419...

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Zohran Mamdani’s not-so-radical agenda Despite the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor being labeled a communist, his agenda actually promises something much more ideologically modest.

I wrote about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and why his agenda is a pragmatic approach to local governance and not as scary or radical as his critics suggest. www.vox.com/politics/418...

Help union members at Vox Media win a fair contract Writers Guild of America East members at Vox Media are bargaining for a new union contract before their current CBA expires at 11:59 pm ET on June 12. Our proposed terms are fair, reasonable, and foc...

The Vox Media Union’s current union contract expires at 11:59 pm ET on June 12.

Time is running out, but Vox Media management has refused to even discuss our proposals in good faith. Send a letter urging Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff to negotiate a fair contract NOW! wgaea.st/vox-letter

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There’s a better way to help underpaid workers than “no tax on tips” Tipped workers need a raise, not a tax cut.

"No tax on tips" is a dumb policy that cuts Social Security and incentivizes bad employers.

As @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social notes here, raising the minimum wage, eliminating subminimum wages, and raising the standard deduction would be far better policy.

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Trump’s Memecoin, Qatari Jet Raise Bipartisan Corruption Concerns KQED's Forum · Episode

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New York Times reporter ‪David Yaffe-Bellany & Vox policy correspondent @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social spoke with @mina-kim.bsky.social about Trump’s efforts to use his office for personal gain, the dangers it poses and how far voters are willing to let him go.

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What makes good (and bad) tariff policies? I enjoyed discussing with @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social of @vox.com www.vox.com/policy/40660...

The assault on pro-Palestinian speech has a long and shameful history Detentions of pro-Palestinian students are part of a broader assault on the First Amendment.

Wrote about the history of the US government's assault on the First Amendment and pro-Palestinian speech in particular: www.vox.com/policy/40606...

On the latest episode of Explain It to Me I talk with @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social about whether or not DEI ever did what it was supposed to.

What does Israel’s “right to self-defense” actually mean? Every country has a right to defend itself under international law. But that right has its limits.

Here’s the problem with politicians so often invoking Israel’s “right to defend itself” when trying to justify the state’s lack of restraint or defend it against accusations of genocide: In the occupied territories, Israel’s right to self-defense might not even exist. My Latest:

What does Israel’s “right to self-defense” actually mean? Every country has a right to defend itself under international law. But that right has its limits.

Here’s the problem with politicians so often invoking Israel’s “right to defend itself” when trying to justify the state’s lack of restraint or defend it against accusations of genocide: In the occupied territories, Israel’s right to self-defense might not even exist. My Latest:

Democrats and liberals vilified student protesters so much—calling them outside agitators, antisemitic, dangerous, unleashing police on them—that they essentially already did the Trump administration’s PR work to justify its blatantly unconstitutional assault on free speech.

Not a word about Khalil. Here are the stories the Free Press considers more important than the president personally directing ICE to arrest a documented immigrant and detain him in another state without any charge, all because he exercised First Amendment rights.

Congestion pricing is good for low-income residents Why New York’s new traffic policy is the opposite of elitist.

For the latest issue of Within Our Means, I wrote about how congestion pricing (and improving public transit options more broadly) benefits low-income residents: www.vox.com/policy/40126...

Three reasons why American democracy will likely withstand Trump American democracy is more resilient than you might think.

Trump’s policies are extremely dangerous and harmful. But as flawed as American democracy is, it will survive a second Trump term.

My latest is on why despite his authoritarian aspirations, Trump no longer poses a unique threat to American democracy. www.vox.com/politics/401...

What comes after the DEI backlash? Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs were often flawed. Here’s how to fix them.

Wrote about the history of DEI, its failures (ineffective trainings and empty corporate gestures), successes (promoting better working conditions), and what a better future for DEI could look like for organizations still invested in its ideals:
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Wrote about what the racist DOGE tweets tell us about the Republican view of free speech: the freedom to say the most offensive, racist things without getting any pushback, while also using the power of the state to suppress speech that they personally don’t like. www.vox.com/politics/398...

“As Vance and Musk prepare to bring Elez back to his post at DOGE, they might argue that he simply made a mistake and, like it or not, the First Amendment protects all kinds of speech. And they would be right — the First Amendment mostly does. But the Trump administration certainly does not, and the speech they’re personally choosing to protect should tell you everything about how they view the world.”

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Trump’s January 6 pardons were bad — and democratically legitimate The move is a dangerous attempt to rewrite the events of January 6. It’s also what the electorate voted for.

Wrote about how Trump's Jan. 6 pardons are a dangerous attempt to rewrite the events of that day. But they are also democratically legitimate and not a misuse of executive clemency. The country, at least for now, is willing to forget January 6 ever happened.
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It is often said that climate disasters are great equalizers. They rip through neighborhoods, rich and poor, devastating communities and upending lives without discriminating between them.

But it is, of course, not that simple.