Politics

From Auschwitz to the NBA

From Auschwitz to the NBA From Auschwitz to the NBA

Author Dan Grunfeld joins the show to talk about his new memoir.

Mar 29, 2022 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Harvard Yale Divest Protest

Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies Climate Research Shouldn’t Be Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies

The oil and gas industry uses universities to influence environmental policy. Here’s how we fight back.

Mar 29, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Jake Lowe

Ghosts

Ghosts Ghosts

Ordinance.

Mar 28, 2022 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

Clarence Thomas and his wife look into the distance

Interracial Marriage Under Attack: Thinking the Unthinkable Interracial Marriage Under Attack: Thinking the Unthinkable

As the conservative legal movement grows more emboldened, are there any protections that will remain unquestioned?

Mar 28, 2022 / Jane Dailey

Tucker Carlson’s Flip-Flops on Russia Mask a Deep Militarism

Tucker Carlson’s Flip-Flops on Russia Mask a Deep Militarism Tucker Carlson’s Flip-Flops on Russia Mask a Deep Militarism

Rather than seek allies among the far right, progressives need to advance our own vision of an inclusive common good against militarism and white nationalism.

Mar 28, 2022 / Tobita Chow and Ben Lorber

Tents sit on a grassy field under palm trees

From the Labor Question to the Housing Question From the Labor Question to the Housing Question

Left unchecked, the asset economy swells the ranks of the homeless and consigns what’s left of the middle class to permanent tenancy.

Mar 28, 2022 / Ned Resnikoff

Ginni and Clarence Thomas

The Corruption of Clarence and Ginni Thomas The Corruption of Clarence and Ginni Thomas

Texts between the justice’s wife and the Trump White House reveal the extent of her involvement in trying to subvert the election of Joe Biden.

Mar 25, 2022 / Joan Walsh

It’s All Connected

It’s All Connected It’s All Connected

Soft on stupid.

Mar 25, 2022 / Steve Brodner

Kathy Hochul Is About to Break Ranks With Progressives

Kathy Hochul Is About to Break Ranks With Progressives Kathy Hochul Is About to Break Ranks With Progressives

Her proposed legislation on cash bail will please Mayor Eric Adams and alienate leftists.

Mar 25, 2022 / Ross Barkan

Students Standardized Testing

What I Learned About Standardized Testing What I Learned About Standardized Testing

My peers and I spent years studying for the Standardized High School Admissions Test in NYC. Should that change?

Mar 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Merry Li

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