When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead
How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death.
Oct 12, 2023 / Caroline Tracey
Len Bias and the 1980s War on Drugs Len Bias and the 1980s War on Drugs
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, part 4 of our series, the Basketball Butterfly Effect.
Oct 11, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Cluster Bombs and Children Cluster Bombs and Children
Weapons that live on to destroy.
It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party
The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout.
Oct 11, 2023 / Clarence Lusane
Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11 Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11
Ignoring intelligence failures and doubling down on bad policy is the worst response to terrorism.
Oct 9, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Student Loan Payments Have Resumed, but the Fight for Cancellation Isn’t Over Student Loan Payments Have Resumed, but the Fight for Cancellation Isn’t Over
With Biden's plan blocked by SCOTUS, borrowers find themselves closer to reaching $2 trillion of student debt. Now more than ever, we need to end this crisis.
Oct 9, 2023 / StudentNation / Shanna Hayes and Sabrina Calazans
Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires
How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball.
Oct 6, 2023 / Peter Dreier
The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right
The Alliance Defending Freedom, an evangelical legal advocacy group, is behind many of the Supreme Court cases seeking right-wing rulings.
Oct 5, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Hope for Asylum Seekers Hope for Asylum Seekers
The Biden administration will allow nearly half a million Venezuelan migrants in the United States to live and work legally in the country for 18 months.
Oct 5, 2023 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile
Everyone knows how Nixon and Kissinger paved Pinochet’s path to power. The story of Harry Barnes, who played a crucial role in the Chilean dictator’s exit, is much less well known...
Oct 5, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh