Babylon, Streaming Residuals, and the Boss’s Hollywood
A pending showdown with Hollywood unions might kill nostalgia for the golden age of film moguldom.
Ben SchwartzMedia Analysis
The Failures of the January 6 Report
Historian Jill Lepore’s effective critique in The New Yorker is marred by a lazy counternarrative.
Jeet HeerLaw
An Appeals Court Wants to Bring Back Bump Stocks, Beloved by Mass Shooters
The decision by the Fifth Circuit is a painful lesson in why one-off weapons bans are doomed to fail in court, if not in practice.
Elie MystalPolitics
Will This Be the Year Dianne Feinstein Finally Retires?
California Representative Katie Porter has already announced her intention to run for the seat. But the 89-year-old senator hasn’t said she’ll step down.
Sasha AbramskyCulture
Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic?
In Feral City, Jeremiah Moss asks if Manhattan changed during the Covid years.
Daniel Brook
The Fragile and Complex Worlds of George Saunders
In his short fiction, Saunders reminds us that when it comes to ethical dilemmas there are often no clean ways out.
Erin Somers
The Past and Future of Mexican Chicago
From the machine politicians in La Villita to the radicals in Pilsen, Mexican Chicagoans have played a central role in defining their city.
Juan Ignacio MoraPolitics
A Pentagon Report on China Fuels a Military Spending Frenzy in the US
How the media is misrepresenting what’s in the document.
Michael T. Klare
If Democrats Want to Win 2024, They Need to Punch Back Hard
The averted crisis of the 2022 midterms was a warning, not a victory.
Mark Green
Why the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Is Good for Democracy
Our state’s first-in-the-nation primary gives sincere candidates without access to dark money a chance to make their case.
Jim SplaineWorld
Argentina’s World Cup Hangover
After its thrilling victory on the world stage, the nation of Maradona and Messi gazes into the political abyss.
Jacob Sugarman
Brazil’s Shocking—but Not Surprising—Attempted Coup
The attacks in Brasilia failed, but Bolsonaro’s supporters are not going to go away quietly.
Michael Fox
Pakistan's Transgender Community Rises Up
In the wake of changing legal standards recognizing the self-determination of gender identity, transgender Pakistanis are taking steps to live openly.
Hasan AliWatch and Listen
Listen: Nelson Lichtenstein's Post-Mortem on the UC Strike and Andrew Bacevich on America’s “Very Long War”
This week on the Start Making Sense podcast, we discuss the implications of a historic bargaining deal as well as a new book by Andrew Bacevich.
January 5, 2023
Listen: Big Pharma Wants to Own Your DNA Info
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Myles Jackson and Doug Bell discuss the new data gold mine.
December 21, 2022
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