
The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral Slophouse The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral Slophouse
Joe Jackson and Pete Rose will no longer be banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame. The decision is likely rooted in the sport’s surrender to the gambling-addiction economy.
May 14, 2025 / Dave Zirin

The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again
Conservatives don’t just want white dominance. They want to be able to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible—and get rewarded for it.
May 14, 2025 / Kali Holloway

Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom
The global press corps must stop looking at Gaza as someone else’s crisis—and start demanding justice.
May 14, 2025 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Loudmouth Immigration Policy Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Loudmouth Immigration Policy
As a candidate he promised a “massive” crackdown. But since taking office his actions, though designed to be as frightening as possible, have fallen far short of that.
May 14, 2025 / Ray Suarez

Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves
Her fiction are studies of fragmentation and ambivalence.
May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

The Road to DOGE Was Paved With Pyramid Schemes The Road to DOGE Was Paved With Pyramid Schemes
The second Trump administration has been compared to the Mafia, feudal empires, and the petro-states of the Persian Gulf—but an even more relevant analogy may be Nutrilite.
May 14, 2025 / Bridget Read

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down the Right-Wing Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down the Right-Wing
La France Insoumise built its electoral power and took down a rising far-right.
May 14, 2025 / Q&A / David Broder

Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump
The administration’s attacks on both news outlets and universities can place journalism schools—and their students—at an alarming intersection.
May 14, 2025 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi

Is Criticism Really in Crisis? Is Criticism Really in Crisis?
Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life.
May 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano