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Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Media Is ‘Both-Sides’-ing the Coronavirus Disaster The Media Is ‘Both-Sides’-ing the Coronavirus Disaster

Should we ask a coronavirus particle how to get rid of it?

May 12, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Football

Power, Protest, and Politics in American Sports Power, Protest, and Politics in American Sports

Sportswriter Scoop Jackson joins the show to talk about his new book, Michael Jordan, and Chicago. 

May 12, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Atlas Capital protest

Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive

Direct action and inclusivity are driving the new Asian American movement.

May 11, 2020 / Promise Li and Esther K

Change Is Needed

Change Is Needed Change Is Needed

Normal was not working for most people.

May 11, 2020 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

A man walking with a face mask in Kibera, a slum of Nairobi

Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus

If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history.

May 11, 2020 / Nanjala Nyabola

Sign reading

One Hospital System’s Response to Covid-19? Union-Busting. One Hospital System’s Response to Covid-19? Union-Busting.

Administrators across the country are increasingly turning to anti-labor consultants to fend off nurses’ unions.

May 11, 2020 / P.E. Moskowitz

The Pandemic’s Impact on Immigration Detention Centers

The Pandemic’s Impact on Immigration Detention Centers The Pandemic’s Impact on Immigration Detention Centers

Thousands of lives are at stake, as Covid-19 cases at overcrowded ICE facilities increase daily.

May 8, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

‘Normalcy—Never Again!’

‘Normalcy—Never Again!’ ‘Normalcy—Never Again!’

The past is nowhere to return to. As the pandemic changes the world, may we come together to demand that it change for the better.

May 8, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Freedom of Speech Is Under the Gun as the Virus Spreads in Russia

Freedom of Speech Is Under the Gun as the Virus Spreads in Russia Freedom of Speech Is Under the Gun as the Virus Spreads in Russia

Authorities are tightening the screws on journalists and those who speak out. Growing civil solidarity may be the response.

May 8, 2020 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Investigating Tara Reade’s Claims Doesn’t Violate Due Process

Investigating Tara Reade’s Claims Doesn’t Violate Due Process Investigating Tara Reade’s Claims Doesn’t Violate Due Process

Democrats must show that their values do not bow to partisanship and call for a meaningful investigation into the allegations against Joe Biden.

May 8, 2020 / Sarah Nesbitt and Sage Carson

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