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Trump, Pumped and Dumped

Max B. Sawicky

May 17, 2017

As the tally of Donald Trump’s high and low crimes and misdemeanors grows, discussion of his removal tends to run aground when the subject of impeachment comes up. His support in the Congress is said to be too deep. You need a majority of votes in the House to impeach, and ...

The Gospel According to Mitch

Maximillian Alvarez

May 16, 2017

The Poverty of Theory

“And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”                        —Luke 16:15   It will surprise no one to hear that ...

Who Framed Augmented Reality?

Johannah King-Slutzky

May 15, 2017

LAST MONTH Facebook premiered its vision for the future at its development conference, F8. The camera-app technology Mark Zuckerberg calls augmented reality (or AR) borrows heavily from the social network Snapchat, which enables users to layer animated digital content onto ...

Hashtag Resistance

Corey Pein

May 13, 2017

News from Nowhere

Episode 10: Corey Pein talks to Michael Brooks, "Louise Mensch," and Hannah Gais.

Julian Assange and the Banality of Access

Jacob Silverman

May 12, 2017

The Future Sucked

Assange leaves us perennially unsure of what he has revealed, or why it matters.

If They Are Not Coming for You Today

Sarah Jaffe

May 11, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States 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 ...

No Left Turns

Chris Lehmann

May 11, 2017

The Jaundiced Eyeball

Our press is far less I.F. Stone than Derek Zoolander: It is congenitally incapable of making a left turn.

I’m Sticking with My President

Rick Perlstein

May 10, 2017

During Watergate, Nixon’s diehard defenders in the party were looked upon as clowns.

Missing Perspectives

Astra Taylor

May 10, 2017

Links from YouTubers in the refugee diaspora.

Lives Are on the Line

Sarah Jaffe

May 09, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

I am Adam Gaffney. I am a physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care. I am an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

What Work Is

Hanif Abdurraqib

May 09, 2017

The Heart of It All

We forget that the independent artist might also be the industrial worker, hustling in the hours after clocking out.

Our Lady of Complicity

Laurie Penny

May 09, 2017

War of Nerves

At times, Ivanka Trump's Women Who Work reads like the panicked screams of a machine attaining sentience.