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Introducing ‘Edge of Sports,’ A New ‘Nation’ Podcast With Host Dave Zirin

Introducing ‘Edge of Sports,’ A New ‘Nation’ Podcast With Host Dave Zirin Introducing ‘Edge of Sports,’ A New ‘Nation’ Podcast With Host Dave Zirin

Sports and politics collide weekly each Tuesday.

Mar 7, 2017 / Press Room

Trump's Amended Travel Ban

For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes

Basheer Othman still can’t join his wife in the United States.

Mar 7, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Gavin Grimm

We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights

The Supreme Court may have declined to hear Gavin Grimm’s case—but history is firmly on his side.

Mar 7, 2017 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Philadelphia School Protests

Betsy DeVos’s Education Agenda Can Be Overturned. This City Shows How. Betsy DeVos’s Education Agenda Can Be Overturned. This City Shows How.

What Philadelphia’s fight against market-driven school “reform” can teach us about resisting attacks on public education.

Mar 7, 2017 / StudentNation / Helen Gym

Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win

Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win

From Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII to today’s Afghanistan, America has developed a dangerous obsession with “winning.”

Mar 7, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

Rex Tillerson hearing

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

international womens day march

When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’? When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’?

Women who are concern trolling the strike seem most interested in persuading us to work with the Democratic Party.

Mar 7, 2017 / Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza

Paul Ryan

The Republican Health-Care Bill Is the Worst of So Many Worlds The Republican Health-Care Bill Is the Worst of So Many Worlds

This attempt to repeal Obamacare fails on every score—except cutting rich people’s taxes.

Mar 7, 2017 / David Dayen

The Edge of Sports Podcast: The Enduring Legacy of ‘Hoop Dreams’

The Edge of Sports Podcast: The Enduring Legacy of ‘Hoop Dreams’ The Edge of Sports Podcast: The Enduring Legacy of ‘Hoop Dreams’

Peter Gilbert on the landmark film, Michael Bennett on the Women’s Strike, and harsh words for Mike Francesa.

Mar 7, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

The Promise of Prosperity

The Promise of Prosperity The Promise of Prosperity

One family’s turn from hope in Poland’s Law and Justice party to disillusionment.

Mar 7, 2017 / Adam Przybyl

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