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A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin

Just as municipal clerks were preparing to mail 1 million ballots to voters, the state Supreme Court halted the process.

John Nichols

Climate Change

Trump’s Tromperie Plumbs New Depths

With catastrophic wildfires ravaging the West, this climate-change-denying, environment-destroying president now claims to be a “great environmentalist.”

Sasha Abramsky
Media

Bob Woodward’s Accidental Scoop

Once an investigative journalist, Woodward is now just a court historian.

Jeet Heer
Working Conditions

The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports

A new study points to the blood being shed for the World Cup. That shouldn’t blind us to the deaths and misery caused by stadium boondoggles here at home.

Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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Politics

The US Is a Failed State

In less than four years, Donald Trump has exacerbated nearly every issue plaguing this country, from income inequality to global warming.

Tom Engelhardt

For Trump, Defaming His Rape Accuser Is Part of His Job

Such is the central claim at the heart of the DOJ’s attempt to intervene in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Trump.

Elie Mystal

Trump Lied, Americans Died

This presidency is America’s preexisting condition. Until it is ended, Donald Trump will continue to lie, and Americans will continue to die.

John Nichols

Culture

C Pam Zhang’s Radical Retelling of Western Myths

Her novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold follows two Chinese American siblings’ quest to find home amidst the prejudice and danger of the frontier. 

Larissa Pham

Can the American University Be Saved?

Covid-19 has revealed the glaring inequalities of higher ed in the United States and may push the system to the point of crisis.

Daniel Bessner

Why Your Boss Wants You to Love Your Job

Sociologist Jamie K. McCallum argues in a new book that the idea of “meaningful work” has only persuaded us to work more and more.

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

World

5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras

Nearly 50 days have passed since five leaders of the Garífuna community were kidnapped by men wearing Honduran police uniforms.

Massay Crisanto

As Alexei Navalny’s Life Hangs in the Balance, So Does the Fate of the Russian Opposition

The Russian opposition leader’s unique gift for uniting disparate people, ideas, and movements undoubtedly helped make him a target.

Vadim Nikitin

The Disturbing Story Behind the Beirut Port Explosion

Abandonment of ships, “flags of convenience,” and lax law enforcement are common at sea, often with tragic consequences.

Ian Urbina

Watch and Listen

Listen: Your Problematic Sports Fave

Sportswriters Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther join the show to talk about their new book, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back.

September 8, 2020

View: Tear Down the Monuments, Bring Our Cities to Life

In Richmond, the sites of former monuments to the Confederacy have become lively spaces for activism and memorializing those lost to police violence.

July 13, 2020

View: Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty Are Interconnected

I’m a guest in the Black Lives Matter movement, and making images is how I show my support.

June 29, 2020
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