Bridging the Healthcare Divide in West Virginia
“Coal is king.” Or was. Coal is on the ropes right now.
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The Online Culture Wars
Corey Pein chats about online right-wing movements with writer and academic Angela Nagle.
The Great Lakes Avengers vs. The Crumbling Cities of the Coast
The dominant superhero narrative, at least in its current form, often depends on a metropolis at risk. Whether fictional or real, present or past, a city crumbling in on itself is what’s at stake. A city that seems like one you might love someone inside of, or a city that ...
The Tarot of Alejandro Jodorowsky
July 18, 2017
What happens when one of the world’s biggest cult icons finds himself in the New York art world? Not psychomagic.
Sméagol in the Sky
July 17, 2017
“Suck-ass Delta” Coulter fumed on Twitter, calling Delta’s gate people and flight attendants “Nurse Ratchets.”
Retirement, Brought to You by Prisons, Inc.
July 17, 2017
American workers support private prisons through their retirement funds.
Weekly Bafflements
July 14, 2017
What do rich people and cockroaches have in common?
Honestly, lots of things, but in this case it’s the ability to survive a nuclear apocalypse. Over at The New Republic, John Carl Baker looks at the trend of luxury bunkers and how, even at the end of the world, the ...
Once Upon a Time in the Kingdom of Crack
After years of half-baked official narrative, TV presents the crack epidemic’s origin story—and it’s a fairy tale.
Your Trumpcare Investment Portfolio
Like any legislation drafted in secret, the Senate GOP’s version of Trumpcare offers substantial opportunities for the savvy investor.
Uniting Against White Supremacy in Charlottesville
Sarah Jaffe interviews Laura Goldblatt, a post-doctoral fellow at University of Virginia, and Mimi Arbeit, an organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice, Charlottesville.
The Sad Song of Privilege
So you're depressed, poor, and male? Stop blathering about privilege and look for help.
How to Lie
July 12, 2017
For the Trumps, English is a second language you learn only after learning to lie first.