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The Professional Friends of YouTube

Kaila Philo

November 21, 2017

The new generation of YouTube stars has unwittingly created a solipsistic bubble of political weirdness.

Phony War, Phony Peace

Ryan Ruby

November 21, 2017

Julien Gracq's "Balcony in the Forest" (1958) wonders whether we see too many futures at once.

The Trash of the System

Dan Duray

November 20, 2017

Is the art world total bullshit? Two new films offer an enthusiastic, "Yes!"

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

November 17, 2017

BAN PRISONS. This entire “Ban Week” series over at Splinter is worth your time, but this installment on prison abolition, and what it means to reimagine the justice system, is excellent.   Vanity Fair seems fun. The magazine just appointed a new editor—the incredibly ...

How Education Reform Ate the Democratic Party

Jennifer C. Berkshire

November 17, 2017

The problem is that the Democrats have little to offer that’s markedly different from what DeVos is selling.

The Grim Circus of Power

Abi Wilkinson

November 17, 2017

If it wants to transform the UK’s culture of sexual harassment and assault, Westminster will have to change.

It’s Fun to Be in the DSA!

Sarah Jaffe

November 16, 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. ...

The Miseducation of Lady Bird

Lauren Oyler

November 15, 2017

Greta Gerwig's much-praised "Lady Bird" puts us all in a teenage wasteland.

Norms Follow Function

Maximillian Alvarez

November 15, 2017

The Poverty of Theory

Change is all the things you don’t notice.

23andUs

Jacob Silverman

November 14, 2017

The Future Sucked

Recently I’ve been stalked . . .

Sophia, with Love and Hate

Pedro Neves Marques

November 14, 2017

Meet Sophia, meritocratic bourgeois robot and nationalized citizen of Saudi Arabia.

Why Trump Is an Effective Negotiator

David Rees

November 13, 2017

Trump negotiates out of neediness. And—in some type of way—it works.