Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for every American.
Apr 26, 2017 / John Nichols
You Are Now Paying Internet Companies to Sell Your Browsing History to Advertisers You Are Now Paying Internet Companies to Sell Your Browsing History to Advertisers
Thanks, Trump!
Apr 6, 2017 / Sarah Leonard
Republicans Just Passed a Resolution That Will Destroy Your Online Privacy Republicans Just Passed a Resolution That Will Destroy Your Online Privacy
They’ve taken away what little control we had left over how our personal information is used.
Mar 29, 2017 / Mark Weinstein
The Deeper Lessons of the Incident at Middlebury The Deeper Lessons of the Incident at Middlebury
The Manichean model of framing political conflicts polarizes public life, unravels the bonds of common citizenship, and doesn’t create a broad majority base for significa...
Mar 17, 2017 / StudentNation / Harry C. Boyte
Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan
Purist objections scuttled Washington State’s market-friendly carbon tax plan in November. Let’s not let that happen at the national level.
Feb 14, 2017 / Charles Komanoff
The Hacks That Broke the Election’s Back The Hacks That Broke the Election’s Back
From voter suppression to Comey’s rogue intervention, the presidential election was rigged.
Jan 19, 2017 / William deBuys
Declassify the Evidence of Russian Hacking! Declassify the Evidence of Russian Hacking!
The debate over possible intervention in the election should be based on publicly disclosed evidence, not unverifiable, anonymous leaks.
Dec 21, 2016 / The Nation
This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson. This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson.
In Hell’s Angels, the gonzo journalist wrote about left-behind people motivated only by “an ethic of total retaliation.” Sound familiar?
Dec 15, 2016 / Feature / Susan McWilliams
Seeing Mars, Seeing Red Seeing Mars, Seeing Red
As the climate warms and this planet of ours continues sprinting toward extinction, we’re seeing the cultural fixation with Mars take center stage.
Nov 19, 2016 / Sam Sax
Responsible Hedonists Responsible Hedonists
Emily Witt’s new book, Future Sex, captures the ways in which free love and countercultural experiments are no longer as liberating as they once seemed.
Nov 15, 2016 / Books & the Arts / J.C. Pan