Internet and New Media

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

On grief’s unequal racial burden, and the Internet as a vehicle to negotiate survival and turn collective grief into collective action.

Jun 16, 2021 / Malkia Devich-Cyril

The Ghosts of ‘War Porn’ Haunt Me

The Ghosts of ‘War Porn’ Haunt Me The Ghosts of ‘War Porn’ Haunt Me

Repeated exposure to violent imagery affects even those who weren’t physically present for the photo.

Jun 11, 2021 / Nick Turse

Gaza Israeli Palestinian conflict

A Fart Joke Is Not a Pogrom A Fart Joke Is Not a Pogrom

In the wake of violence in Israel and Palestine, American observers distort the conflict through the lens of their own solipsism.

Jun 3, 2021 / Talia Lavin

A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master A Year Lived Inside With Instagram and a Dutch Master

What Pieter de Hooch, social media, and the lockdown taught me.

Jun 3, 2021 / Feature / Benjamin Moser

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Letters From the June 14/21, 2021, Issue Letters From the June 14/21, 2021, Issue

You don’t say… Facts and fairness… World citizens… The revolutionary spirit… A survivor speaks (web only)…

Jun 1, 2021 / Our Readers and Katha Pollitt

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Cancel Culture, Case Closed Cancel Culture, Case Closed

The world’s greatest internet detective faces his hardest puzzle yet.

May 18, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Women in Silicon Valley

How Sexism Is Coded Into the Tech Industry How Sexism Is Coded Into the Tech Industry

In Silicon Valley, conceptions of gender aren’t just an aspect of workplace culture—they’re part of the product.

Apr 26, 2021 / Adrian Daub

Misinformation Is Destroying Our Country. Can Anything Rein It In?

Misinformation Is Destroying Our Country. Can Anything Rein It In? Misinformation Is Destroying Our Country. Can Anything Rein It In?

Trump is gone, but the right-wing media is alive and well—and will further undermine our democracy if we let it. 

Apr 23, 2021 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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Letters From the May 3/10, 2021, Issue Letters From the May 3/10, 2021, Issue

Disability access… Where is the joy?… Calexit vs. the filibuster… Black sci-fi worldmaking…

Apr 20, 2021 / Our Readers

American Journalism’s Role in Promoting Racist Terror

American Journalism’s Role in Promoting Racist Terror American Journalism’s Role in Promoting Racist Terror

History must be acknowledged before justice can be done.

Apr 19, 2021 / Feature / Channing Gerard Joseph

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