‘Mad’ Magazine Told the Truth About War, Advertising, and the Media ‘Mad’ Magazine Told the Truth About War, Advertising, and the Media
An obituary for America’s greatest and most influential satirical magazine.
Jul 8, 2019 / Jeet Heer
South Korean Protest Music Is Inspiring Hong Kong’s Demonstrators South Korean Protest Music Is Inspiring Hong Kong’s Demonstrators
Music has been an integral part of Korea’s long march toward democracy. Today, it’s an inspiration for freedom throughout Asia.
Jul 3, 2019 / T.K. Park
Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes
Their hunger for Hollywood money is leading them to duck the important fight between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents.
Jul 3, 2019 / Keli Goff
After All After All
Even when the garlic crop is good, something else is always dying— the peas withering in the afternoon we hoped for rain instead of watering, the tomatoes over-shaded. It should te…
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Anna V.Q. Ross
felo-de-se—Melissa felo-de-se—Melissa
physicists say we change an object simply by turning our attention to it—really I am a grandson only when we are eating at Panera—one of us is lying always about her particular hu…
Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / TC Tolbert
Branding Fake Justice for Generation Z Branding Fake Justice for Generation Z
Meet Brud, the secretive tech start-up here to outfit corporations with fashionable social causes—through elaborate CGI fiction.
Jun 28, 2019 / Emmeline Clein
Puzzle No. 3503 Puzzle No. 3503
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Viciously beat staff, incorporating a way to learn: It’s good for you, supposedly (4-8) 9 Failing dandy invested i…
Jun 27, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections? It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections?
As we celebrate Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, it’s time to pass the Equality Act and make anti-LGBTQ discrimination illegal.
Jun 26, 2019 / Senator Tammy Baldwin
Why I’m Climate Striking Against Fox News on Friday Why I’m Climate Striking Against Fox News on Friday
The news media is society’s alarm clock: It needs to wake us up.
Jun 26, 2019 / Alexandria Villaseñor
Amid US-Cuba Tensions, Cimafunk Bridges a Cultural Divide Amid US-Cuba Tensions, Cimafunk Bridges a Cultural Divide
The breakout Cuban star combines his roots with American funk rhythms.
Jun 18, 2019 / Michel Hernandez and Isabel Albee