Hydropower Won’t Stop the Climate Crisis—It Might Make It Worse Hydropower Won’t Stop the Climate Crisis—It Might Make It Worse
The dispute over Ethiopia’s enormous dam should be a warning of what the future holds on a hotter, drier planet.
Feb 21, 2024 / Joshua Frank
To Find Excitement at the NBA All-Star Game, Look to the Stands To Find Excitement at the NBA All-Star Game, Look to the Stands
Members of the Palestinian Youth Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace unfurled a banner that read “Let Gaza Live.”
Feb 20, 2024 / Dave Zirin
Are Democrats Over That Ezra Klein Piece Yet? Are Democrats Over That Ezra Klein Piece Yet?
A major pundit, unmoored from political reality, suggests Democrats need a brokered convention to replace Biden. Liberals freak out. Stop it!
Feb 20, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The Forgotten Stars of the NBA’s 1980s The Forgotten Stars of the NBA’s 1980s
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Arya Shirazi joins the show for yet another installment of the Basketball Butterfly Effect.
Feb 20, 2024 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Letters From the February 2024 Issue Letters From the February 2024 Issue
Modern midwifery… Idle laws…
Feb 20, 2024 / Our Readers
The Magic of Reading Bernard Malamud The Magic of Reading Bernard Malamud
His work, unlike that of Bellow or Roth, focused on the lives of often impoverished Jews in Brooklyn and the Bronx and bestowed on them a literary magic.
Feb 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Why Do Men in Government Keep Telling Women to Have Kids? Why Do Men in Government Keep Telling Women to Have Kids?
Heads of state around the world want to prevent population decline. But they’re leaving all the responsibility to mothers.
Feb 20, 2024 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Divided Landscape of Indian American Politics The Divided Landscape of Indian American Politics
The Desi diaspora is both rising up and fracturing on issues of religion, race, and caste, with far-reaching implications for US politics.
Israel Has Created a Medical Apocalypse in Gaza Israel Has Created a Medical Apocalypse in Gaza
The hospital system is barely functional. Disease is running rampant. Medical workers are being kidnapped, tortured, and killed. And the world is letting it happen.
Feb 20, 2024 / Mary Turfah