Why the Cleveland Indians Will Change Their Name Why the Cleveland Indians Will Change Their Name
We have a younger generation that is more diverse and less tolerant of intolerance—and Major League Baseball knows it.
Dec 15, 2020 / Dave Zirin
How has Religious Experience Changed in a Secular Age? How has Religious Experience Changed in a Secular Age?
A new book by Tara Isabella Burton explores how people are infusing new cultural forms with quasi-religious meaning.
Dec 15, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Tribal Territories Have the Right to Protect Their People Against the Pandemic Tribal Territories Have the Right to Protect Their People Against the Pandemic
South Dakota has resisted shutting down in the face of Covid-19. The Cheyenne River Reservation is taking matters into its own hands.
Dec 15, 2020 / Photo Essay / Sarah Stacke and Magnum Foundation
People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup
Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him.
Dec 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Letters From the December 28, 2020/January 4, 2021, Issue Letters From the December 28, 2020/January 4, 2021, Issue
No great mystery… Supreme obstacle… Paradise lost…
Dec 15, 2020 / Our Readers
Time for Optimism, or More Despair? We Still Don’t Know. Time for Optimism, or More Despair? We Still Don’t Know.
The Electoral College certifies Biden’s win, Covid vaccines roll out—but damage is still being done.
Dec 14, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Ron Johnson Brings Fringe Science to the US Senate Ron Johnson Brings Fringe Science to the US Senate
At a Senate committee hearing on Covid-19, the Wisconsin senator favored the voices of quacks over those of his constituents.
Dec 14, 2020 / Sarah Godlewski
What if Scientists Already Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic? What if Scientists Already Know How to Prevent the Next Pandemic?
One Health is a pan-species approach that could ward off the next big outbreak. But first, it has to overcome the anti-science ethos of the Trump era.
Dec 14, 2020 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System? How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?
Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness befo...
Dec 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair