Gorbachev’s Legacy Gorbachev’s Legacy
A great reformer in his country’s tormented history.
Aug 31, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis
Though international attention has waned, the battle over policing here still rages. Several lawsuits by the ACLU cut to the heart of what's at stake.
Aug 31, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler
Britain’s Summer of Discontent Britain’s Summer of Discontent
Richard Seymour joins The Time of Monsters for a live conversation in London, to discuss climate change and economic crisis in the United Kingdom.
Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia
Not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used to cosmeticize Nazi Germany’s atrocities have sports and an otherwise despised government collaborated so blatantly.
Aug 25, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte
Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian” Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian”
Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.
Aug 24, 2022 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow
When Moral Clarity Goes Extinct When Moral Clarity Goes Extinct
Many are waiting to hear an “I was wrong” from so many politicians—but I’m not holding my breath.
Aug 24, 2022 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug
Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future? Can Cuba’s Past Help Us Understand Its Future?
Ada Ferrer’s Cuba offers a capacious and wide-ranging history of the country’s centuries-old struggle to liberate itself from empire and economic upheaval.
Aug 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
Can Dennis Rodman Secure Brittney Griner’s Freedom? Can Dennis Rodman Secure Brittney Griner’s Freedom?
The State Department failed the WNBA superstar, but maybe the cult of celebrity can succeed.
Aug 23, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Guatemala’s War on Truth Guatemala’s War on Truth
The arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora shines a spotlight on the country’s attacks on journalists. Would US intervention make the situation any better?
Aug 23, 2022 / Feature / María Inés Taracena
Soccer’s Impact on the Middle East Soccer’s Impact on the Middle East
Author and professor Abdullah Al-Arian joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about his new book, Football in the Middle East.
Aug 23, 2022 / Podcast / Dave Zirin