Puerto Rico Was Ready
July 25, 2019
The protests in Puerto Rico are about much more than Ricardo Rosselló.
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Labor of Love
July 24, 2019
A few years back, women started foisting babies on to me and then wandering away to do something else—take a nap, cook dinner, watch TV. It had been at least two decades since my last babysitting gig—years during which, by most accounts, I had become something of a “bad ...
Fighting for Immunity
July 23, 2019
A new bill seeks to expand legal protections for California sex workers. Does it go far enough?
This is Going to Get Worse
July 22, 2019
”Send her back” is what Trumpism has been all along.
Fresh Hell
July 19, 2019
The meek shall inherit the Earth—after Bezos is done torching it.
All About My Mother
July 19, 2019
In two new books, Kate Zambreno reckons again with the loss of her mother.
Hell is Other Internet People
July 17, 2019
On "Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language" by Gretchen McCulloch
Private Fears in Public Places
July 16, 2019
XY Chelsea veers between two narratives about Manning’s acts without deciding between them.
Children of the Wicker Man
July 15, 2019
Roughly half a century after it first emerged, folk horror is back.
Fresh Hell
July 12, 2019
This Week in Hell: White Nationalism is this season's hottest wedding theme.
I Feel Better Now
July 11, 2019
Depressed by the burden of life under capitalism? There's an app for that!
Judge Dread
Is the Supreme Court beyond repair?