Jay Electronica’s Wayward Rap Journey Jay Electronica’s Wayward Rap Journey
His mesmerizing, flawed, and long-awaited debut album, A Written Testimony, is one of the strangest rap records in recent memory.
Mar 25, 2020 / Stephen Kearse
Lessons From Wuhan Lessons From Wuhan
If we don’t debate a democratic response to pandemics now, we risk ceding leadership to tyrants.
Mar 25, 2020 / Mike Davis
Our Planet of Missing Beauties Our Planet of Missing Beauties
America’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic mirrors a world that seems to be breaking apart.
Mar 25, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Exclusive: ICE Detainees Are Being Quarantined Exclusive: ICE Detainees Are Being Quarantined
A leaked document about the Department of Homeland Security’s Covid-19 response suggests that the crisis has made its way to border detention facilities.
Mar 24, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
The Sports World Tackles the Coronavirus The Sports World Tackles the Coronavirus
The Brooklyn Nets’ Wilson Chandler joins the show to talk about the coronavirus and his career.
Mar 24, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The 2020 Games Are Postponed, but Should the Olympics Even Happen at All Anymore? The 2020 Games Are Postponed, but Should the Olympics Even Happen at All Anymore?
In the best of times, they bring debt, displacement, pollution, and hyper militarization. In the worst, they are a shocking waste of resources in the name of nationalistic fervor.
Mar 24, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself The Coronavirus’s Threat to Democracy Itself
Time to enact vote-by-mail.
Mar 24, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Take Action Now: Keep Each Other Safe Take Action Now: Keep Each Other Safe
Fight for fair elections amid the pandemic, support immigrant families, and build mutual aid networks.
Mar 24, 2020 / NationAction
Reliefer Reliefer
Jared Kushner steps in to fix White House’s chaotic response to the pandemic.—News reports He’s tasked with devising a Middle East peace, Has other portfolios equally grand. So w…
Mar 24, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue
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Mar 24, 2020 / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer