Interview With Rio’s Dr. Rodrigo Brindeiro on Controlling Zika and the Olympics Interview With Rio’s Dr. Rodrigo Brindeiro on Controlling Zika and the Olympics
A leading doctor makes it clear: You don’t control Zika by canceling the Olympics. You do it by controlling the mosquito.
May 19, 2016 / Kate Steiker-Ginzberg and Dave Zirin
American Military Technology Has Come Home—to Your Local Police Force American Military Technology Has Come Home—to Your Local Police Force
Just as the military rarely discloses its war secrets and tactics, the police are also secretly exploiting these new technologies.
May 19, 2016 / Matthew Harwood and Jay Stanley
Memo to House Republicans: Zika Is Not a Game Memo to House Republicans: Zika Is Not a Game
The White House might not have to beg for so much emergency funding if America’s public-health infrastructure hadn't already been starved by budget cuts.
May 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
The Pundits Are Always Right The Pundits Are Always Right
There’s no place for ambition in American politics.
May 18, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Don’t Move the Olympics, Protest Them Don’t Move the Olympics, Protest Them
The recent ouster of Dilma Rousseff is more bad news for those concerned about the spread of the Zika virus—and the Brazilian people.
May 18, 2016 / Dave Zirin
These Grannies Are Helping to Plug the School-to-Military Pipeline at Its Source These Grannies Are Helping to Plug the School-to-Military Pipeline at Its Source
When teachers are underpaid and schools are underserved, why do we pay veterans to encourage young students to join the military?
Don DeLillo’s American Dream Don DeLillo’s American Dream
His recent protagonists dream only of money, except perhaps for the technological advances that will allow them to go on acquiring it indefinitely.
May 11, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin
This Former Fisherman Is Now Farming the Most Sustainable Food on Earth—Underwater This Former Fisherman Is Now Farming the Most Sustainable Food on Earth—Underwater
“For the first time in generations, we have an opportunity to grow food the right way, provide good middle-class jobs, restore ecosystems, and feed the planet.”
May 6, 2016 / Bren Smith and Lisa Holmes
Prisons Are Using Military-Grade Tear Gas to Punish People Prisons Are Using Military-Grade Tear Gas to Punish People
A burgeoning arms industry brings the war home.
Apr 28, 2016 / Daniel Moattar
‘Addiction Is an Adaptation to Your Environment’: An Interview With Johann Hari ‘Addiction Is an Adaptation to Your Environment’: An Interview With Johann Hari
Addiction, according to Johann Hari, is less about drugs and more about human connection.
Apr 25, 2016 / Laura Flanders