Malign Intervention
August 08, 2017
We aren't the good guys that sometimes make mistakes. We are often the bad guys.
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Al Gore’s Pivot to Idiocy
August 07, 2017
Gore is constitutionally incapable of telling a story that is resonant with Americans who have had futures set to flame.
Weekly Bafflements
August 04, 2017
Release the tapes
Despite David Frum’s pearl clutching over our precious norms, it should be obvious to anyone that the deluge of leaks coming from this administration is a good thing. In the New Republic, Brian Beutler lays out an argument that embarrassment over leaks might ...
Emboldened Fight for Health Care as a Right
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the U.S. have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering what it is ...
Sweet, Sweet Phantasy
August 03, 2017
Corbyn supporters have chosen the playful magic of phantasy over the reality principle, and it's starting to work.
Over Our Heads
August 03, 2017
I was wandering in a smoldering landscape, knowing that nothing could be done. The decisions had been made.
Media for the Apocalypse
Corey scopes out the far-right media landscape, from AmRen to Infowars, with Jason Wilson.
Cogito Zero Sum
We're beholden to essentialist, Cartesian thinking about our selves—it's balkanizing opinion.
Ode to the Liberal Muslim
A community under siege threatens to become a community in stasis, inching toward stagnation.
Wack Political Economy
August 01, 2017
The real conflict in the White House is the remarkable tussle between Trump and his attorney-general, Jeff Sessions.
In Defense of the Money Phone
JAY-Z has come out against the ostentatious kitsch of rap’s nouveau riche. We prefer the money phone.
Weekly Bafflements
July 28, 2017
“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock”
The best read of the week, and quite possibly our lifetimes, is this batshit insane Ryan Lizza piece recounting a conversation with Anthony Scaramucci. If you somehow missed it, well, buckle up because it’s ...