The Olympic Machine Meets With Protest in Tokyo The Olympic Machine Meets With Protest in Tokyo
The coronavirus’s presence changes the equation of the Tokyo Olympics for organizers and activists alike.
Nov 23, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Good Trouble Good Trouble
Ordinary people, extraordinary courage.
Nov 21, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández
Why Georgia’s Unscientific Recount ‘Horrified’ Experts Why Georgia’s Unscientific Recount ‘Horrified’ Experts
Observers, including the inventor of the auditing process used by the state, were skeptical of a measure seemingly aimed at placating the GOP.
Nov 20, 2020 / Timothy Pratt
Wisconsin’s Recount Will Only Serve to Confirm Donald Trump’s Humiliating Defeat Wisconsin’s Recount Will Only Serve to Confirm Donald Trump’s Humiliating Defeat
Trump’s desperately racist and antidemocratic challenge to results from Milwaukee and Madison will reveal no fraud—merely that he lost.
Nov 20, 2020 / John Nichols
The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump
Joe Biden is wary of a legal reckoning against his predecessor, but to let Trump go would be to sanction future corruption.
Nov 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer
How to Help the Democrats Win Georgia How to Help the Democrats Win Georgia
Out-of-state progressives who want to put the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Senate: Georgians don’t need your visits right now—just financial and moral support.
Nov 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Graham Crackers Graham Crackers
Herd mortalities. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 16.
Nov 20, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers
The settlers have been trying to push us from our Jerusalem home since 2009. Now they might succeed.
Nov 20, 2020 / Mohammed El-Kurd
America First! America First!
Our president’s failures make the USA #1 in virus spread.
Nov 20, 2020 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez
Poland’s Women Are in the Streets Poland’s Women Are in the Streets
Escalating protests over new restrictions on abortion in Poland are a sign that the ruling PiS party’s illiberal democracy may be losing its grip.
Nov 20, 2020 / Andrew Pasquier