What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift What We Can Learn From Sports Fandom’s Moral Drift
Fandom has taken on the worst of the corrupted tribalism that has dominated so much of life outside the arena, the ballpark, and the stadium.
Dec 8, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte
Ted Cruz Is the Disease Ted Cruz Is the Disease
The senator is once again attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci and spreading misinformation. There’s a serious side to what the Texan is doing.
Dec 3, 2021 / John Nichols
When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction
As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?
Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong
Deciding this is the new normal is a choice—about whose lives really matter, and how many deaths we can tolerate.
Nov 25, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves
It’s No Surprise Our Water Infrastructure Is So Bad It’s No Surprise Our Water Infrastructure Is So Bad
You’d think the wealthiest country in the world could supply its own population with drinkable water. But you’d be wrong.
Nov 17, 2021 / Rajan Menon
The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome” The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome”
The injuries to US personnel are real, and the cause of the syndrome was not crickets—but excessive secrecy has frustrated investigators and hampered the victims’ efforts to unders...
Nov 17, 2021 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Medical Translation Without Trust Medical Translation Without Trust
Finding a translator in medical settings was difficult enough before the pandemic, but now the solutions come with additional problems.
Nov 3, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi
Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home
No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.
Oct 22, 2021 / David Michaels and Robert Bullard
The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir
Richard Wollheim’s Germs is a brilliant and curious example of a genre dedicated to unraveling the riddles of a time we have a hard time remembering.
Oct 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island
The dangerously overcrowded and mismanaged jail must be closed—but even before then, there are things we can do right now to keep people out and send them home faster.
Oct 19, 2021 / Elizabeth Gaynes