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No News Is Good News

Jacob Silverman

September 06, 2018

The Future Sucked

The relationship between Facebook and news publishers is a bizarre charade, peopled by unreliable characters, dotted with contradictions, suffused with dependency and resentment. Over ten long years, Facebook kneecapped the newspaper industry by devouring its main revenue ...

Something for Nothing

Nathaniel Friedman

September 05, 2018

Nike’s decision to feature Kaepernick in its upcoming sneaker campaign set off shockwaves throughout the world of sports and beyond.

O Captain! My Captain!

Chris Lehmann

September 04, 2018

The Blessed and the Brightest

The Beltway elites saw a mythic figure in John McCain.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

August 31, 2018

Wage Slavery: Good to the Last Drop

The Invention of a Master Terrorist

Jacob Silverman

August 29, 2018

The intelligence community has been vocal in celebrating Ibrahim al-Asiri's demise.

Hot World, Cooler Heads

Amber A’Lee Frost

August 28, 2018

Your Sorry Ass

Advice for the man with no plan . . . for the future of the world system.

The John McCain Phenomenon

Patrick Blanchfield

August 27, 2018

John McCain, the POW hero turned political icon, reached the apogee of his influence in a nation grown inured to constant war.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

August 24, 2018

Standing on the corner, shit under my shoe

That Thing They Have

Seth Hettena

August 23, 2018

What we are witnessing is a classic FBI investigation that is slowly, steadily dismantling a criminal organization.

America Shoots Itself

Scott Beauchamp

August 23, 2018

Joseph DeLappe's streaming artwork plays out American gun homicides in real time.

Queer Poserdom

G’Ra Asim

August 22, 2018

With an act of self-disclosure, Max Bemis of Say Anything has placed himself at the cultural margins—without assuming the risk or vulnerability of the marginalized.

Which Side Are They On?

David A. Banks

August 21, 2018

If organizing across collars is going to work, it will need to overcome a deeper, more fundamental rift . . .