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Face Value

Rachel Connolly

June 18, 2019

The threat of facial recognition technology goes far beyond the state.

Retreat of the Scholars

Richard A. Greenwald

June 17, 2019

Scholars have stepped away from our public role just as the pressures allied against our institutions mounted.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

June 14, 2019

Love in the Time of Electoral Politics

Empire of Meat

Alicia Kennedy

June 13, 2019

The American beef industry was built on the back of centuries of exploitation.

The Plastic Paddy’s Lament

Jack Sheehan

June 12, 2019

For a long time, Ireland has represented a magical place for a particular type of Catholic conservative.

End of Rand

Richard A. Greenwald

June 11, 2019

Have we witnessed the last gasp of “objectivist” piety?

The Corporate Logo Singularity

Rachel Hawley

June 07, 2019

The childlike nature of corporate branding isn’t a random trend, but part of the mindset that consumers ought to be treated like children.

Progressive Posturing

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

June 06, 2019

Bill de Blasio’s failures on affordable housing are a parable and a warning.

San Francisco, Please Stand Up

Sophie Haigney

June 05, 2019

Everyone is obsessed with San Francisco right now. It has become a symbol, a cliché, a fable about money and technology. The moral is different depending on who you ask. A sampling of headlines from the last month in local and national news: “How San Francisco broke ...

American Sports and the Forever War

Ross Barkan

June 04, 2019

When the military is brought to the ball field season after season, the subtext is the eternal war, and its justification.

Unpopular Content

Oscar Schwartz

May 31, 2019

Default Filename TV wants to make YouTube weird again.

Cookshops of the Future

Yohann Koshy

May 30, 2019

It's time for the left to start thinking in the future tense. But is Fully Automated Luxury Communism the answer?