Taking Back Power
May 01, 2019
On May Day, looking back at a year in newly energized labor
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Twentieth-Century Man
The political commentator William Schneider has often quoted, over the years, a comment he attributes to the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. When an aspirational youth wrote to Disraeli for advice about how to succeed in public life, the Great Man purportedly responded ...
The FBI: A Love Story
April 29, 2019
Andrew McCabe's testimonial to the FBI suggests the bureau is here to save us.
Fresh Hell
April 26, 2019
Homelessness: It’s a Choice!
Selling Self-Defense
April 26, 2019
When #MeToo meets the profit motive
Successful People Listen to Audiobooks
April 25, 2019
Audible’s assault on leisure time
The Netflix-Twitter Complex
April 24, 2019
Lonely, confused, and horny brands are irritating enough, but Netflix accounts tip over into ugly self-righteousness.
Thing Untweetable
April 23, 2019
Jenny Holzer in the social media age
Between a Strike and a Hard Place
April 23, 2019
Facing the prospect of a state takeover, Sacramento teachers have been forced to make a series of difficult compromises.
True Crimes
April 22, 2019
It appears that I owe Nathaniel Rich an apology. No, really, I mean this (brace yourselves) sincerely. I’ve never met or exchanged so much as a word with the novelist and New York Times contributor, author of the slim yet important new volume Losing Earth: A Recent History, ...
Fresh Hell
April 19, 2019
2019: A Space Billboard Odyssey
The Spectacular Desert
April 18, 2019
How the Coachella Valley became a backdrop for the multimillion-dollar experience economy