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I Dream of Content-Trash
April 25, 2018
The Dream Machine, a new Instagram-thing, makes a mockery of our dreams and imaginations.
Feminists of the Basque Country
Our columnist Rafia Zakaria reports on feminists who push for tolerance and inclusion in Spain.
Prig and Pig
April 24, 2018
A memoir of a rolling-thunder disaster.
Us vs. Him
April 23, 2018
The Bremmer plan is to promote free trade, cut the deficit in the United States, and revive our flagging faith in the private sector to do good: the canon of Davos.
Fresh Hell
April 20, 2018
“Gay Houseboys and those who hire them”
A Metaphor for the Planet
April 19, 2018
David Buckel's memory is dangerous to environmental organizations' more moderate calls for legislative gradualism and personal lifestyle change.
Brand on the Run
April 19, 2018
By pretending to make peace with its critics, Starbucks successfully props up the lie that there’s any peace to be made there.
Against the Wind
April 19, 2018
North Carolina activist Bob Hall spent his career standing up against strong anti-democratic forces.
We Don’t Have Elections
The truth is that while tech giants act with an authoritarian indifference toward their citizen-consumers, it’s increasingly important they are seen as liberal.
Unexpected Consequences
April 17, 2018
Once it became clear that his congressional interrogation would have all the intensity of a flogging with wet lettuce, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg cleverly shifted the tenor of his remarks. He patiently tutored D.C.’s elected internet virgins in the role he was expecting ...
Syriana
April 16, 2018
“‘Explosion without an objective,’ declared Miles Blundell, ‘is politics in its purest form.’”—Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day
U.S. Imperialism should be a thing again, but some theoretical adjustment is suggested. Scholarly analyses have tied it to narrow ...