The Imagination of Martellus Bennett The Imagination of Martellus Bennett
Former Super Bowl champ Martellus Bennett joins the show to talk about his new book, Dear Black Boy.
Jan 29, 2019 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela
Columnist Stephens and others on the right are worried about the growing popularity of socialism. Their panicked response? “But Venezuela!”
Jan 29, 2019 / Greg Grandin
Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris Black Culture Won’t Save Kamala Harris
After eight years of Obama’s winks and nods, the code-switching playbook has been played out.
Jan 28, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
Kamala Harris Deserves Better Than Sexist Criticism About Her Personal Life Kamala Harris Deserves Better Than Sexist Criticism About Her Personal Life
The 2020 presidential candidate has faced down creepy gossip about a past relationship for 20 years. It should stop—now.
Jan 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh
What Fearmongering About Pot Tells You About Mainstream Marijuana Coverage What Fearmongering About Pot Tells You About Mainstream Marijuana Coverage
Alex Berenson’s Tell Your Children relies on hyperbole and paranoia to argue against legalization.
Jan 28, 2019 / Katie Way
What Did President Trump Know, and When Did He Know It? What Did President Trump Know, and When Did He Know It?
With the indictment of Trump adviser Roger Stone, the impeachment clock is ticking faster.
Jan 25, 2019 / John Nichols
Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup Venezuela: Call It What It Is—a Coup
The power grab of the right’s Juan Guaidó is brazenly unconstitutional.
Jan 25, 2019 / George Ciccariello-Maher
Jill Abramson’s ‘Merchants of Truth’ Can’t Pass Its Own Journalistic Purity Test Jill Abramson’s ‘Merchants of Truth’ Can’t Pass Its Own Journalistic Purity Test
In an attempt to understand journalism’s “Age of Anxiety,” the former New York Times executive editor takes aim at digital media.
Jan 25, 2019 / David Uberti
‘You’re Going to Let Me Die From This’: Prisoners Fight to Access a Hepatitis-C Cure ‘You’re Going to Let Me Die From This’: Prisoners Fight to Access a Hepatitis-C Cure
Inmates are being denied treatment, and it’s creating an epidemic.
Jan 25, 2019 / Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg