The Value of Joy The Value of Joy
By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.
Feb 25, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Worse Than His First Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Worse Than His First
This version is quieter, sneakier, and more dangerous than the one we all remember.
Feb 24, 2025 / Josef Burton
Former NFL Player Chris Kluwe on His Arrest for Protesting MAGA Former NFL Player Chris Kluwe on His Arrest for Protesting MAGA
On this episode of Edge of Sports, Chris Kluwe joins the show to talk about his act of civil disobedience.
Feb 24, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex
An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, have begun to challenge the older ones for access to lucrative Pentagon awards.
Feb 24, 2025 / Michael T. Klare
How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit
It turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also very expensive.
Feb 24, 2025 / Maya Vinokour
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
Feb 21, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump Is Unpopular—and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats Trump Is Unpopular—and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats
The president is increasingly hated, but so is an opposition party that fails to oppose.
Feb 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer
“We’re Living Through Hell”: What Trump’s Anti-Trans War Really Means “We’re Living Through Hell”: What Trump’s Anti-Trans War Really Means
When hospitals suddenly stop treatment for trans patients, real people are harmed: “I was sent links to suicide hotlines instead of a prescription.”
Feb 21, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt
A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power
Fifty years ago, lawmakers started lifting the lid on the shocking abuses of the new Bureau chief’s most famous predecessor. The trouble is, very little changed.
Feb 21, 2025 / Steve Howell
Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education? Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?
Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.
Feb 21, 2025 / Jack Schneider