Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?

Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.

Ross Barkan

Citizen Musk

The rise and fall of a would-be media tycoon.

Chris Lehmann

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

Twitter is an effective tool for challenging the status quo and powerful people and institutions. That’s why Elon Musk snatched it up.

Olayemi Olurin

Elon Musk Doesn’t Understand Twitter’s Real Value

For all its limitations—and there are many—Twitter is the closest thing the world has to a transnational public sphere.

Nanjala Nyabola

Musk Takes Over Twitter

Calvin Trillin

Elon Musk and the Silicon Valley Right

This week on The Time of Monsters podcast, Jacob Silverman joins the show to discuss the reactionary politics of “the Paypal mafia.”

Jeet Heer

Elon Musk’s Big Twitter Adventure Will End in Disaster

The good news is that the plutocrat’s move to turn a social media platform into a forum for the far right probably won’t work.

Jeet Heer

We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media

Nothing makes the case for public ownership of online public spaces like a billionaire proposing to buy one.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Happy Doge Day! But Hold on to Your (Digital) Wallet.

The Coinbase flotation last week shows that cryptocurrency is here to stay—and that things will only get weirder from here.

Ryan Broderick

What Kind of Country Prioritizes Billionaires During a Pandemic?

The US government’s lopsided response to Covid-19 has only worsened astronomical levels of inequality.

Nomi Prins