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Create a Coronavirus Commission With Sharp Teeth

Progressives need to lead the fight for a National Coronavirus Commission with full subpoena powers reporting to both Congress and the Department of Justice.

Mike Davis

Republicans

Trump Is Hijacking the Georgia Senate Race

What’s happening in Georgia shows that there is no Republican Party aside from Trump’s Republican Party.

Joan Walsh
Election 2020

Covid-19 Is Feeding the GOP Addiction to Conspiracy Theories

Radicalized by Covid disruptions and incited by Trump and his party, an alarming number of Americans refuse to accept the election results.

Jeet Heer
Activism

‘Sports Illustrated’ Chose the Wrong Activist Athletes

The real Sportspeople of the Year aren’t merely “activist athletes”; they are those who expanded the very definition of the phrase.

Dave Zirin
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Politics

Privatizing Puerto Rico

The rushed sell-off of the territory’s electrical utility is part of a larger move to gut public goods for private profit.

Ed Morales

What’s At Stake in Julian Assange’s Extradition Trial

If the UK sends him back to America, nobody should feel safe calling authority to account or scrutinizing those who hide behind the veil of power.

Nancy Carolina Graterol

Covid-19 Is Feeding the GOP Addiction to Conspiracy Theories

Radicalized by Covid disruptions and incited by Trump and his party, an alarming number of Americans refuse to accept the election results.

Jeet Heer

Culture

The Long Roots of Endless War

A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.

Daniel Immerwahr

How Monopolies Have Taken Over Our Everyday Lives

Once you put on your “monopoly decoder ring,” David Dayen writes in his new book, you start to see how monopolies influence almost every part of American society.

Bryce Covert

Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul

In his memoir Unforgetting, he shows how reportage that is rooted in personal biography and inner turmoil can unveil a more powerful kind of truth.

Kyle Paoletta

World

What’s At Stake in Julian Assange’s Extradition Trial

If the UK sends him back to America, nobody should feel safe calling authority to account or scrutinizing those who hide behind the veil of power.

Nancy Carolina Graterol

The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War

Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children—and to this day, no one knows why.

Laura Gottesdiener

The Olympic Machine Meets With Protest in Tokyo

The coronavirus’s presence changes the equation of the Tokyo Olympics for organizers and activists alike.

Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Watch and Listen

Listen: How the Dems Can Win in Georgia

Joan Walsh on politics, plus David Cole on the Supreme Court and reapportionment of the House of Representatives.

December 3, 2020

Listen: Sportswriting Trailblazer Melissa Ludtke

Legendary sportswriter Melissa Ludtke joins the show to talk about her remarkable career.

November 24, 2020

View: There Is a Name for Women Like My Mother

In the Haitian Creole language, “Gwo Fanm” means “Big Woman,” a woman who shoulders more than their fair share of burdens in this life.

November 17, 2020
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