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David Fincher’s Antisocial Network

Jessa Crispin

October 26, 2017

“Mindhunter” is a show about the charisma of the serial killer rather than the serial killer himself, it's about his power over our imaginations.

The Hannah Arendt Center’s Dark Thinking

John Ganz

October 25, 2017

The Hannah Arendt Center at Bard would seem an unlikely place to find a German nationalist speaking. And yet.

The Never-ending Story

Anne Elizabeth Moore

October 25, 2017

There are very few individuals who can be held accountable for crafting what we call “rape culture,” but Harvey Weinstein is one such person.

Republican Apostate

Dave Denison

October 24, 2017

Q&A with Bruce Bartlett author of "The Truth Matters: A Citizen’s Guide to Separating Facts From Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks."

The Conversion of Gucci Mane

Niela Orr

October 23, 2017

Bread and Circuses

Gucci Mane's conversion has many asking if he's a government clone. But it may be RZA we should worry about.

The Perishable Politician

Antoine Lilti

October 19, 2017

Our enduring, unhealthy relationship with celebrity presidents.

Tom Hanks: Typewriter Fetishist

J.W. McCormack

October 18, 2017

The impregnable constellation we call “Tom Hanks" has gifted us with a collection of typewriter-fetish fiction.

New Atheism’s Idiot Heirs

Alex Nichols

October 17, 2017

From Ben Shapiro to Stefan Molyneux, the heirs to New Atheism are merging with the YouTube right.

The Lying Game

Chris Lehmann

October 16, 2017

The Blessed and the Brightest

When a conservative commentator like Bret Stephens starts explaining how of “culture” dictates behavior, reach for your bullshit detector.

Just Deserts

Jay Baron Nicorvo

October 16, 2017

Some seventy-two years from the last American execution for desertion, the firing squad is a tough-guy pantomime for hacks and hams.

A Right to Police Accountability

Sarah Jaffe

October 13, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. We’re now several months into the Trump administration, and activists have scored some important victories in those months. Yet there is always more to be done, and for many people, the question of where to focus and how to help remains. ...

Non-Compete Clause

Laurie Penny

October 12, 2017

War of Nerves

Female competition is the sharp edge of internalized sexism and the death of solidarity---and it’s utterly, irredeemably neoliberal.