Black Lives MATTER Black Lives MATTER
Racism kills. #Ahmaud Arbery
May 21, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández
You Can’t Mask Stupid You Can’t Mask Stupid
The very people howling the loudest about reopening—and running around maskless—are the ones making it too dangerous to reopen.
May 21, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait
The president’s claim that he’s taking a discredited Covid treatment is throwing the media off the real news.
May 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh
If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’
Employees of New York City’s public colleges are already being hit by the governor’s proposed austerity budget.
May 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Ross Barkan
How Stanford Lost Its Soul How Stanford Lost Its Soul
A distinguished university known for its embrace of corporate funding has come down with a bad case of Covid-19 contrarianism.
May 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Lunacy of Global Seafood Supply Chains The Lunacy of Global Seafood Supply Chains
Scenes from a pandemic: 8
May 20, 2020 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
We Should Take Women’s Accusations Seriously. But Tara Reade’s Fall Short. We Should Take Women’s Accusations Seriously. But Tara Reade’s Fall Short.
I would vote for Joe Biden even if I believed Reade’s account. Fortunately, I don’t have to sacrifice morality to political necessity.
May 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Religious Fundamentalists Are Making the Pandemic Worse Religious Fundamentalists Are Making the Pandemic Worse
In the US and abroad, leaders are putting faith before good science.
May 20, 2020 / Juan Cole
Black Athletes and the Civil Rights Movement Black Athletes and the Civil Rights Movement
Educator Jesse Hagopian joins the show to talk about the role sports played in knocking down racial barriers.
May 19, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin