Streambait Pop
Behold the emergence of streambait pop—the total Spotify genre.
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Going in for the Shill
December 11, 2018
Joe Manchin, coal industry darling, cannot become become our bulwark against a nightmare future of rising, boiling seas.
Propaganda and the Pundit Mind
The old WASP ruling class . . . those were the days, right?
Fresh Hell
December 07, 2018
We Found Love in a Discount Store
Malice in Dairyland
December 06, 2018
In a special-lame duck session, Wisconsin's state legislature has frantically stripped powers from the governor’s office.
Football Nation
December 05, 2018
The NFL repeatedly mistakes itself for a nation state—a sort of parallel America.
A Christmas Story
December 04, 2018
George H. W. Bush has been transformed into a symbol of bygone kindness and civility. It's a Christmas Miracle!
The Church of Labor
Contemplating coal's past and the importance of a unionized energy sector at the Durham Miners' Gala.
Death and Taxes
December 01, 2018
Forces within the GOP intentionally destroyed Bush, putting the far right in complete control of the party’s ideology.
Fresh Hell
November 30, 2018
Strong Man Make Gender Go Boom
Binge Me Baby, One More Time
November 30, 2018
The eating video queen of the internet is a new kind of late-capitalist pop star.
Yesterday’s News
November 29, 2018
An former Guardian editor lays out a vision of the global media crisis that is largely detached from actual politics.