The Trans Panic in Sports Is Nearly a Century Old The Trans Panic in Sports Is Nearly a Century Old
Michael Waters’s eye-opening history of gender and athletics in the lead-up to the 1936 Olympics reveals just how old this reactionary movement in athletics is.
Aug 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ben Kesslen
The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously
The unanticipated toll of suicides by troops and veterans has become another Pentagon failure.
Aug 7, 2024 / Nick Turse
Artists Uplift and Celebrate in Harlem Artists Uplift and Celebrate in Harlem
The GrandScale Mural Project on 125th Street.
Aug 7, 2024 / OppArt / Evan Bishop
National Abortion Rights Groups Have the Wrong Priorities for Our Movement National Abortion Rights Groups Have the Wrong Priorities for Our Movement
There is an alarming disconnect between the agenda of our most powerful organizations and the real needs of abortion seekers and providers on the ground.
Aug 7, 2024 / Chelsea Williams-Diggs et. al
A Former Student Recalls Tim Walz’s Kindness A Former Student Recalls Tim Walz’s Kindness
“I was a C student, better in some classes, worse in others, and he didn’t leave out lesser-performing students.”
Aug 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Gender Diversity at the Olympics Gender Diversity at the Olympics
There are at least 155 out LGBTQ athletes from 25 countries competing in this year’s Olympic games in Paris.
Aug 6, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
This Bill Aims to Strip Trump’s Immunity—and the Supreme Court’s Power This Bill Aims to Strip Trump’s Immunity—and the Supreme Court’s Power
In a sign that Democrats are finally getting serious about reining in the Supreme Court, Senator Check Schumer has proposed the No Kings Act.
Aug 6, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Police and the Empire City Police and the Empire City
On this episode of American Prestige, Matthew Guariglia on policing in New York.
Aug 6, 2024 / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner
We Must Defend Imane Khelif We Must Defend Imane Khelif
Transphobia also hurts cisgender women like the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who don’t conform to a narrow, Eurocentric vision of womanhood.
Aug 5, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World
A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.
Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer