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Next to Nothing: The Economics and Aesthetics of Streaming Music Next to Nothing: The Economics and Aesthetics of Streaming Music
Apps like Spotify and Apple Music haven’t just changed the way we purchase music—they've changed the way we listen.
Aug 24, 2015 / David Hajdu
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Why Would ‘The New York Times’ Try to Torpedo the Iran Deal? Why Would ‘The New York Times’ Try to Torpedo the Iran Deal?
Today’s front-page piece masquerades as news analysis, while pushing a neoconservative agenda.
Aug 24, 2015 / James Carden
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The Lives of Others The Lives of Others
We’ve built ourselves this crowd-sourced panopticon, and now we have to live in it.
Aug 21, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
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Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter
If a sportswriter from 50 years ago traveled to 2015, they would think the world had been turned on its head.
Aug 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin
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An Epic On-Air Debate 40 Years Ago Marked the Downfall of Television News An Epic On-Air Debate 40 Years Ago Marked the Downfall of Television News
The new documentary The Best of Enemies tells the story of the matchup that spawned the genre of “infotainment.”
Aug 19, 2015 / James Carden
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Is the US-Backed Kiev Regime Preparing an All-Out Military Assault on the Rebel Donbass Province? Is the US-Backed Kiev Regime Preparing an All-Out Military Assault on the Rebel Donbass Province?
If so, the risk grows of provoking a US–Russian war in Ukraine.
Aug 19, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
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How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own
We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.
Aug 14, 2015 / Norman Birnbaum
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How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past
Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.
Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride
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Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue
Sanders Speaks Is The Nation so anxious to sell Bernie Sanders to its readers that it publishes John Nichols’s interview with him in its July 20/27 issue [“Bernie Sanders Speaks”]…
Aug 13, 2015 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner
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What Roger Ailes Really Thinks of Donald Trump What Roger Ailes Really Thinks of Donald Trump
Fox News set Trump up to fail at the first GOP debate. So why is he still on top?
Aug 13, 2015 / Eric Alterman