This week on In The Meanwhile, Marcus and Nora sit down with Peter Beinart for a searching conversation about identity, power, and moral reckoning in the wake of Gaza.

Drawing from his book Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, Beinart challenges the narratives that bind community to state, and asks what it means to confront complicity: honestly, publicly, and at personal cost. From apartheid South Africa to the American South, he traces how systems of supremacy justify themselves, and how they can be undone.

This isn't just a conversation about Israel and Palestine. It's about the stories we inherit, the ones we tell ourselves, and what it takes to change them.

Mentioned in the episode:

Voting Rights Act decision | Shelby County v. Holder, 2013 | Rusho v. Common Cause | Hannah Fried episode | Power Coalition for Equality and Justice in Louisiana | Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza | Peter Beinart at Town Hall Seattle May 18 | Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor |

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