Internet and New Media

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Billionaire grabs all your info.

May 7, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Why Druski’s Erika Kirk Video Matters

Why Druski’s Erika Kirk Video Matters Why Druski’s Erika Kirk Video Matters

The comedian’s mega-viral send-up of conservative women is more important than you might think.

Apr 29, 2026 / Fatima B. Jalloh

How Eating on Camera Is Helping College Girls Pay Tuition

How Eating on Camera Is Helping College Girls Pay Tuition How Eating on Camera Is Helping College Girls Pay Tuition

Mukbang videos have become a lifeline for university-age women, whose content pays college fees, supports their families, and supplants traditional career paths.

Apr 27, 2026 / StudentNation / Grey Battle

Alex Karp seated before an image of his model of a visionary tech thinker during last year's Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol's Visitor Center.

Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future

The tech company’s CEO Alex Karp delivers a self-serving broadside that’s steeped in oligarchic hubris and authoritarian nihilism

Apr 23, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

“Big Money” Jeff Bezos attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026.

The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda

Jeff Bezos said The Washington Post would no longer publish opinion pieces critical of free markets. Recent editorials show just how seriously the paper has taken this mandate.

Apr 21, 2026 / Nathan Robinson

A broken piano in the music room of the abandoned Southwestern High School.

Drowning Out the Noise Drowning Out the Noise

How music became the cathartic refuge for my political frustration.

Apr 18, 2026 / Andrew Marzoni

Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson Is Not Your Anti-War Ally Tucker Carlson Is Not Your Anti-War Ally

Liberals are delighted by the MAGA titan’s opposition to the Iran War. All they’re doing is boosting the credibility of an unrepentant, pathologically dishonest, bad-faith bigot.

Apr 16, 2026 / Rafi Schwartz

Hasan Piker speaks at the Yale Political Union event.

Inside Yale’s Hasan Piker Spectacle Inside Yale’s Hasan Piker Spectacle

The Twitch streamer’s invitation to debate at the Yale Political Union drew the ire of Laura Loomer, Rick Scott, and Turning Point USA.

Apr 16, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

Ross Douthat

Don’t Believe the Ross Douthat Hype Don’t Believe the Ross Douthat Hype

The New York Times columnist is being touted as the latest conservative even liberals can love. But his actual work doesn’t live up to the fanfare.

Apr 15, 2026 / Will Meyer

A screenshot from an Iranian video mocking Pete Hegseth.

How Iran Won the Meme Wars How Iran Won the Meme Wars

While Donald Trump panders to MAGA, Iranian satire is reaching a global audience.

Apr 13, 2026 / Jeet Heer

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