The Grim Circus of Power
November 17, 2017
If it wants to transform the UK’s culture of sexual harassment and assault, Westminster will have to change.
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It’s Fun to Be in the DSA!
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
November 15, 2017
Greta Gerwig's much-praised "Lady Bird" puts us all in a teenage wasteland.
Norms Follow Function
Change is all the things you don’t notice.
23andUs
Recently I’ve been stalked . . .
Sophia, with Love and Hate
November 14, 2017
Meet Sophia, meritocratic bourgeois robot and nationalized citizen of Saudi Arabia.
Why Trump Is an Effective Negotiator
November 13, 2017
Trump negotiates out of neediness. And—in some type of way—it works.
Poison Ivies
Our top institutions of higher learning run bloated endowment funds designed for higher earning—and avoiding scrutiny.
Weekly Bafflements
November 10, 2017
Online is extremely fucked up.
Here’s a truly wild look at the world of Kid’s YouTube, where algorithmically-driven content production is creating some really weird shit.
“Tell me about a complicated man.”
The New York Times Magazine has a great profile of ...
Louie and Roy
November 10, 2017
Yesterday’s twin reports on Roy Moore and Louis CK remind us that sexual assault and women’s inequality are still everyone’s problem.
So Much Winning
November 09, 2017
There was no quibbling over what item on the menu might be more digestible---Virginia voters just carted off the whole buffet.
Regarding the Pain of Others
November 08, 2017
Gordon Hayward's leg injury forces us to admit that we might die any day now, for no good reason, at exactly the wrong time in our lives.