This Tiny Fish Holds Together Ecosystems and Cultures—It’s Also Under Threat This Tiny Fish Holds Together Ecosystems and Cultures—It’s Also Under Threat
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is fighting to protect the Pacific herring, challenging the idea of what it means to manage a fishery sustainably.
Aug 29, 2022 / Feature / Brett Simpson
Adam Schiff Weighs In on What Trump May Do Next Adam Schiff Weighs In on What Trump May Do Next
Republicans are flailing since the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, but the California congressman believes cooler heads can prevail.
Aug 26, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives
With the government refusing to make medicine and medical equipment accessible, sick, and disabled people have to rely on each other for support.
Aug 26, 2022 / First Person / Nolan Trowe
Val Demings’s Abortion Rights Advocacy Just May Sink Marco Rubio Val Demings’s Abortion Rights Advocacy Just May Sink Marco Rubio
Demings has distinguished herself from the incumbent on a range of issues, most notably on abortion rights.
Aug 25, 2022 / John Nichols
Defund the Police Algorithms Defund the Police Algorithms
Law enforcement is increasingly turning to software to surveil and anticipate crime. But a grassroots movement is emerging to resist algorithmic policing.
Aug 25, 2022 / Michelle Chen
Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt” Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt”
The FX drama and Netflix animation both attempt to embody the city of Chicago. That’s an increasingly difficult task when the city itself is a jumbled simulacrum of its own past.
Aug 25, 2022 / Ryan Zickgraf
Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia Golf’s Sportswashing of Saudi Arabia
Not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used to cosmeticize Nazi Germany’s atrocities have sports and an otherwise despised government collaborated so blatantly.
Aug 25, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte