What Were the Twitter Files? What Were the Twitter Files?
While it's clear Matt Taibbi made some serious factual errors, criticisms of the disclosures have ignored the role of the FBI and other parts of the national security state.
Apr 26, 2023 / Branko Marcetic
Tucker, Twitter, and Taibbi Tucker, Twitter, and Taibbi
On this episode of The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer, Ryan Cooper discusses the reactionary media and its allies.
Will AI Lead to Human Extinction? Will AI Lead to Human Extinction?
We can create a world where artificial intelligence meets its spectacular promise to improve the lives of all humanity—but only if we work together.
Apr 25, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is Donald Trump’s Luck About to Run Out in a Manhattan Court? Is Donald Trump’s Luck About to Run Out in a Manhattan Court?
While Fani Willis deliberates and Jack Smith investigates, E. Jean Carroll finally gets her day in court.
Apr 25, 2023 / Francis Wilkinson
BuzzFeed’s Epic Fail Is Bad News BuzzFeed’s Epic Fail Is Bad News
The shuttering of the online publication's news division is yet more evidence of a corporate landscape dangerously hostile to the act of journalism.
Apr 25, 2023 / Maria Bustillos
The World According to Anna Badkhen The World According to Anna Badkhen
A conversation with the journalist about borders, birthplaces, reporting from conflict zones, and her recent book, Bright Unbearable Reality.
Apr 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lucas Iberico Lozada
Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass, Tucker Carlson! Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass, Tucker Carlson!
The racist misogynist Fox host lost his show. It’s a great day for democracy—and women.
Apr 24, 2023 / Joan Walsh
There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon
In the 20th century, organizing basic industries like coal, steel, and manufacturing automobiles was key to reviving the labor movement. Today, Amazon workers occupy the same strat...
Apr 24, 2023 / Jonathan Rosenblum
Why Irish Joe Makes British Tories Cry Uncle Sam Why Irish Joe Makes British Tories Cry Uncle Sam
A visit to the Emerald Isle provokes post-Brexit angst in the United Kingdom.
Apr 21, 2023 / Jeet Heer
How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy
A recent viral sensation identifies the migration of poor whites as the cause of the problem—letting the rest of us off the hook!
Apr 21, 2023 / Sarah Taber