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Our Team book cover

How a 1948 Baseball Team Explains the World How a 1948 Baseball Team Explains the World

Author Luke Epplin joins the show to talk about his new book, Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball.

May 18, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Cancel Culture, Case Closed Cancel Culture, Case Closed

The world’s greatest internet detective faces his hardest puzzle yet.

May 18, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Tahanie Aboushi

Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is a vital cog in New York City’s vast incarceration machine. Tahanie Aboushi is running to change that.

May 18, 2021 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

Richard Wagner.

Richard Wagner’s Pandemonium Richard Wagner’s Pandemonium

The contested life and afterlife of the composer.

May 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Mina Tavakoli

Why Do We Eat Bad Food?

Why Do We Eat Bad Food? Why Do We Eat Bad Food?

Mark Bittman’s new history looks at the economy and politics of junk food.

May 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson’s New Rules Are Old News Jordan Peterson’s New Rules Are Old News

The Canadian contrarian is back with another book. It isn’t any better than the last one.

May 18, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Washington Watch: The CDC’s Rollback of Covid-19 Mask and Distancing Rules Earns a Rebuke From Nurses

Washington Watch: The CDC’s Rollback of Covid-19 Mask and Distancing Rules Earns a Rebuke From Nurses Washington Watch: The CDC’s Rollback of Covid-19 Mask and Distancing Rules Earns a Rebuke From Nurses

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that it was radically altering its Covid-19 guidance to say that people who are fully vaccinated no longer need t…

May 17, 2021 / John Nichols

Marjorie Taylor Green pointing

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Gunning for AOC—and There’s Only 1 Reason Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Gunning for AOC—and There’s Only 1 Reason

A newly discovered video of Greene harassing AOC in 2019, along with Greene’s attacks on her colleague on the House floor last week, reveal a racism that is as old as it is scary.

May 17, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Stop Gun Violence

Stop Gun Violence Stop Gun Violence

Countless casualties.

May 17, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Laundromat workers walk out on the job

Working Women Need the PRO Act Working Women Need the PRO Act

Passing off anti-union beliefs under the guise of feminism isn’t just cynical—it’s flat-out wrong.

May 17, 2021 / Mindy Isser

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