Proud as a Peacock
March 01, 2019
How NBC leverages its storied sitcom past against its terrible political present.
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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.
Scream Time
February 19, 2019
Apple’s surveillance as self-care
Fresh Hell
February 15, 2019
House Hunting: Climate Change Edition
The 4-Hour Fascist
February 15, 2019
Self-help guru Tim Ferriss loves the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto almost as much as Benito Mussolini did.
Bloody Valentine
February 14, 2019
Search “Ted Bundy hot” for a creepy, sticky, click-y sampling of this moment’s mass infatuation and its backlash.
Under the Australian Sun
February 14, 2019
Australia is heating up in ways that are no longer part of the normal pattern.