When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead
How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death.
Oct 12, 2023 / Caroline Tracey
The Pope Wants Us to Talk About Sexuality and Climate Change The Pope Wants Us to Talk About Sexuality and Climate Change
In his new text and recently convened synod, he’s encouraging dialogue. It’s going to take a lot of work.
Oct 11, 2023 / Michael F. Pettinger
Len Bias and the 1980s War on Drugs Len Bias and the 1980s War on Drugs
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, part 4 of our series, the Basketball Butterfly Effect.
Oct 11, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions
This appalling violence emerged within a context, and we need to understand that context in order to achieve peace.
Oct 11, 2023 / Haggai Matar
Cluster Bombs and Children Cluster Bombs and Children
Weapons that live on to destroy.
It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party
The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout.
Oct 11, 2023 / Clarence Lusane
Israel-Palestine Israel-Palestine
As the conflict in Israel and Palestine escalates, the human toll will be enormous.
Oct 10, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11 Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11
Ignoring intelligence failures and doubling down on bad policy is the worst response to terrorism.
Oct 9, 2023 / Jeet Heer
America’s Healthcare System Is a Failure America’s Healthcare System Is a Failure
Despite spending more per capita on health care than any other wealthy country, the US struggles to match other nations’ life expectancy and health outcomes.
Oct 9, 2023 / OppArt / Kirk Maynard
What My Infant Son Taught Me About Caring for My Patients in the ICU What My Infant Son Taught Me About Caring for My Patients in the ICU
Like my patients, he was on life support—but from my body rather than machines.
Oct 9, 2023 / Feature / Colleen M. Farrell