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A courier collects HIV viral load samples at a rural health clinic in Zambezia. With funding from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), CDC-Mozambique supports an efficient system to transport samples collected from the periphery to the testing laboratory.

Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR? Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR?

The AIDS relief program is helping to keep some 20 million people alive in Africa. Now a group of Republicans wants to sabotage it.

Sep 21, 2023 / James North

Malick Bauer in Sam - A Saxon

German Like Me German Like Me

The first thing I did when I finished watching Sam: A Saxon was watch the whole series all over again. The seven episodes—available in the United States on Hulu and Disney+—tell th…

Sep 20, 2023 / Linda Mannheim

Immigrant Pride

Immigrant Pride Immigrant Pride

Guatemalan immigrants: life, work, joy. Sunset Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sep 20, 2023 / OppArt / Harry Mena

Where Did the Juries Go?

Where Did the Juries Go? Where Did the Juries Go?

While jury trials might have afforded citizens the chance to witness—and even contest—the criminalization of the working class, plea bargains have allowed this criminalization to ...

Sep 20, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair

A Black student and white student speak to each other while holding signs reading,

Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain Florida’s “War on Woke” Is Spurring a Brain Drain

Thanks to Ron DeSantis’s education policies, the state is seeing an unprecedented exodus of teachers, professors, and college students.

Sep 20, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway

Fearless Belonging

Fearless Belonging Fearless Belonging

A mural seen in Boston.

Sep 19, 2023 / OppArt / Fearless Collective

Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore

Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore

Aggregated real estate listings like Zillow have distorted our understanding of what makes a house a home.

Sep 19, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner

Activists lie down during a 'Rally for Climate Sanity' outside Calgary's Town Hall in opposition to the 24th World Petroleum Congress Opening Ceremony, on September 17, 2023, in Calgary, Canada.

Making Climate the Everything Story Making Climate the Everything Story

The news media needs to stop treating climate change as a niche topic—and start treating it as the most important story of our time.

Sep 19, 2023 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Former Northwestern football player Lloyd Yates speaks Wednesday, July 19, 2023, alongside other former players, from left, Warren Miles Long, Tom Carnifax, and Simba Short about the abuse and hazing they say occurred in the program.

Northwestern’s Hazing Scandal Northwestern’s Hazing Scandal

On this episode of Edge of Sports, activist and documentarian Byron Hurt joins the podcast to discuss the harms of hazing and how we can stop it.

Sep 18, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

deion sanders hugs son college football game colorado

Deion Sanders and the Joys of Hype Deion Sanders and the Joys of Hype

While other college football coaches pine for the past, Deion Sanders has taken advantage of new rules and made the present fun.

Sep 18, 2023 / Dave Zirin

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