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Should We Treat Political Violence as a Public Health Crisis?

Should We Treat Political Violence as a Public Health Crisis? Should We Treat Political Violence as a Public Health Crisis?

Thinking of political violence solely as a safety issue is not enough to address the harm that follows. “The patient is the community.”

Jan 29, 2026 / StudentNation / Fareed Salmon

Protesters at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight

Pretti was one of us. We have to carry on his struggle.

Jan 29, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Donald Trump draws out the card of the United States during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Death Row Survivor Kenny Collins & Why We Should Boycott the World Cup Death Row Survivor Kenny Collins & Why We Should Boycott the World Cup

On the latest Edge of Sports.

Jan 28, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

An anti-ICE protester raises a fist in downtown

The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE

The brave protesters in Minneapolis are doing everything that Democrats and even the law have failed to do.

Jan 28, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Who Will Be Next?

Who Will Be Next? Who Will Be Next?

Lawless ICE terrorizes and murders US citizens.

Jan 28, 2026 / OppArt / Barry Blitt and Eric Hanson

A flooded floor is blocked off in the 42nd Street Times Square subway station during a rain storm in New York.

Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis? Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis?

As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever.

Jan 28, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Protesters clash with law enforcement while holding a 'noise demonstration' outside of a hotel believed to be housing federal immigration agents near Minneapolis, United States, on January 26, 2025.

ICE’s Terror Campaign Is Part of a Long American Tradition ICE’s Terror Campaign Is Part of a Long American Tradition

As a Black man, I know firsthand how often state violence is used to perpetuate white supremacy in this country.

Jan 27, 2026 / Robert Willis

Border fence construction has begun at the US-Mexico border in March 2023. The new fence that will replace existing fencing at the Friendship Park San Diego–Tijuana area, which has served as a meeting point between the two cities for those families unable to reunite because of their immigration status.

I’ve Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I’ve Learned. I’ve Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I’ve Learned.

Borders are both crime scenes and crimes, with nationalism the motive.

Jan 27, 2026 / Patrick Strickland

Renee Nicole Good

Renee Nicole Good Renee Nicole Good

ICE out for good protest, Montclair, New Jersey, January 11, 2026. Visibility Brigade.

Jan 27, 2026 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

Oke Göttlich, the president of FC St. Pauli, looks on before the Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli 1910 and FC Bayern München at Millerntor Stadium on November 9, 2024, in Hamburg, Germany.

A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup

As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup.

Jan 27, 2026 / Dave Zirin

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