Could Wonder Woman Save Us From Covid-19? Could Wonder Woman Save Us From Covid-19?
Our leaders are as bad as any comic book villain. But even they might be no match for Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth—or Spider-man’s web shooters or Shuri’s brain.
Aug 10, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Gun Lovers Should Be Thanking Tish James for Suing the NRA Gun Lovers Should Be Thanking Tish James for Suing the NRA
In bringing the suit, New York’s attorney general has shown that the gun group has not only defrauded the American people; it has defrauded its own members.
Aug 7, 2020 / Elie Mystal
What Happens When Covid-19 Becomes Old News? What Happens When Covid-19 Becomes Old News?
News cycles have historically tended to forget ongoing disasters, from the polio outbreak to our various endless wars. The same could happen with this pandemic.
Aug 7, 2020 / Patrick Cockburn
Love Mask Love Mask
Masks save lives. A part of a multi-panel community mural created by Los Muralistas de El Puente in Domino Park in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Aug 7, 2020 / OppArt / Juan Carlos Pinto
Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals
The vast Black-white disparities in housing are the foundation of America’s systemic racial inequalities, and white folks of all political stripes are loath to upset the status quo...
Aug 7, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway
The NCAA Finally Faces a Reckoning The NCAA Finally Faces a Reckoning
The pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a long-thwarted push for economic justice has players on the march and the NCAA on defense.
Aug 7, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Believing ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Eds Can Be Deadly Believing ‘Wall Street Journal’ Op-Eds Can Be Deadly
The newspaper’s own reporters are challenging the Trumpian opinion section.
Aug 7, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman
Stupid Scientific Reality! Stupid Scientific Reality!
A history of egghead ideas.
Aug 6, 2020 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield
Why We’re Demanding No Cops for Veep Why We’re Demanding No Cops for Veep
If Joe Biden wants to signal his commitment to the message of the Black Lives Matter movement, he shouldn’t pick a former police officer or prosecutor.
Aug 6, 2020 / Jennifer Epps-Addison