Illinois Is Helping People Awaiting Trial Get Back to Court and Stay Out of Jail Illinois Is Helping People Awaiting Trial Get Back to Court and Stay Out of Jail
The state has a tremendously successful pilot in four counties to offer free services to those on pretrial release. But federal budget cuts put the program at risk.
May 8, 2026 / Bryce Covert
How Trump’s Deportation Regime Is Reshaping Schools How Trump’s Deportation Regime Is Reshaping Schools
Across the US, students are missing school, falling behind academically, and carrying the trauma of detention and family separation into school each day.
May 8, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra
As Global Drought Deepens—Climate Change Kills by a Thousand Cuts As Global Drought Deepens—Climate Change Kills by a Thousand Cuts
Like climate change in general, drought acts as a “threat multiplier,” and making the drought-climate connection helps audience grasp its wide-ranging impacts.
May 7, 2026 / David Dickson
Even in This Chaotic Moment, We Can’t Forget About Central America Even in This Chaotic Moment, We Can’t Forget About Central America
Communities in World Cup host cities across the United States are organizing to ensure that the tournament lives up to its promise of making soccer a force for good.
May 7, 2026 / Brian Dolinar
Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance
Billionaire grabs all your info.
May 7, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
How De La Soul Changed Hip Hop And The World How De La Soul Changed Hip Hop And The World
Austin McCoy joins the show to discuss his new book on De La Soul
May 7, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Robert Coover at Bat Robert Coover at Bat
The postmodern writer's 1968 baseball novel is strange and poignant—a work of fiction that ultimately argues for the vitality of fiction itself.
May 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / John Semley
Muskism Is the New Fordism—With Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian Muskism Is the New Fordism—With Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian
Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / May 7, 2026 Muskism Is the New Fordism—With Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to…
May 7, 2026 / Podcast
The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy
As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists George Wallace and Bull Connor.
May 7, 2026 / John Nichols
The Immeasurable Endurance of the Women of Gaza The Immeasurable Endurance of the Women of Gaza
Women here have become both the primary caretakers and providers, sustaining their families in the absence of husbands, fathers, and sons.
May 7, 2026 / Huda Skaik