What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid? What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?
Cash transfer programs are forging a path for guaranteed income.
Aug 30, 2023 / Lizzie Tribone
Trump’s Treason Trump’s Treason
Mounting indictments, crumbling democracy.
The War Within the Young Republican Party The War Within the Young Republican Party
At the Young Republican National Convention, far-right figures made few inroads—but they did read my Nation investigation.
Aug 29, 2023 / Amanda Moore
The Ballad of Kobe Bean The Ballad of Kobe Bean
On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show for part two of our discussion on basketball “butterfly effects.”
Aug 28, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game The Limits of Vivek Ramaswamy’s Racist Con Game
While the emerging GOP star benefits from the right’s version of affirmative action, his ugly response to the Jacksonville shootings shows the cost—and constraints—of his strategy.
Aug 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Texas Governor: Border Murderer Texas Governor: Border Murderer
Greg Abbott’s razor-wire barrier kills immigrants.
Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60 Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60
King offered Americans the choice between acting in accordance with the constitution and resistance—often violent—to change. In many ways, we face the same choice today.
Aug 28, 2023 / Eric Foner
Will the Opioid Crisis Deliver Its Worst Harms to Black and Brown People? Will the Opioid Crisis Deliver Its Worst Harms to Black and Brown People?
It started as a crisis among white people. But now that overdoses are surging in Black and Brown communities, government is failing to invest in the healthcare-based approaches tha...
Aug 28, 2023 / Helena Hansen, Jules Netherland, and David Herzberg
Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s Drew Faust on Growing Up in the ’60s
A conversation with Harvard’s first woman president about how she became a civil rights and anti-war activist.
Aug 28, 2023 / Q&A / Jon Wiener
Nora Ephron’s Divorce Plot Nora Ephron’s Divorce Plot
Her only novel, "Heartburn," looked beyond the love story to uncover the limits of bourgeoisie life and marriage itself.
Aug 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil