Close Encounters of the Digital Kind
March 08, 2019
When Silicon Valley usurps the transcendent potential of extraterrestrial life
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Got to Be Real
March 07, 2019
The dark side of the art world's authenticity fetish.
American Scapegoat
March 05, 2019
The furor over Ilhan Omar's remarks is not about anti-Semitism.
The Beautiful Game’s Ugly Speculators
March 04, 2019
There is no ethical soccer under capitalism.
Fresh Hell
March 01, 2019
The Cat Mask From Hell
Proud as a Peacock
March 01, 2019
How NBC leverages its storied sitcom past against its terrible political present.
Time’s Up
February 27, 2019
Acting more “like men” isn’t the key to progressive success, and neither is shaming optimistic children.
The Fairest Soul Brother in England
February 26, 2019
Eric Clapton's musical blackface.
Fresh Hell
February 22, 2019
Sharknado 7: The Day the Net Went Down
The Puppet Master
February 22, 2019
In the novels of Stoner author John Williams, everything happens suddenly and signifies nothing.
Quiet Down
February 21, 2019
Two new books ask: When is living quietly an act of protest?
The Searchers
February 20, 2019
Searching with the family members of Mexico's thousands of disappeared in Guerrero.