
How Pelé Sold Out How Pelé Sold Out
A new Netflix documentary revisits the soccer star’s illustrious World Cup career during a pivotal period in Brazilian history.
Mar 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Miguel Salazar

The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers
Any recovery from the pandemic must help single mothers escape poverty and gain the support they need.
Mar 4, 2021 / Aja Beech

Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead
Beware the light at the end of the tunnel…
Mar 4, 2021 / Mike Davis for The Nation

Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet
A massive story just went down in Atlanta, if we take the time to acknowledge it.
Mar 3, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True
In the US, 500,000 people are dead, but the toll is higher and Covid is but one measure of public health.
Mar 3, 2021 / Matt Nelson

I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids! I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids!
Dr. Seuss Enterprises was absolutely right to ditch six racist Seuss books—and no, that's not cancel culture in action.
Mar 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable
The New York governor’s alleged misdeeds may pale next to Trump’s and the GOP’s crimes, but a worry about double standards is no excuse to junk all standards.
Mar 3, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick
If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.
Mar 3, 2021 / Jane McAlevey

I’m a Military Spouse. The Capitol Attack Reminded Me of a War Zone. I’m a Military Spouse. The Capitol Attack Reminded Me of a War Zone.
Military families are unsettled by escalating violence in the US, all too familiar from their time abroad.
Mar 3, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino