How the Skydance Merger Will Remake Hollywood and the News Business How the Skydance Merger Will Remake Hollywood and the News Business
The Ellison family’s $110 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery means more top-down control, and less room for dissent.
Oct 8, 2026 / Ben Schwartz
Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back
For the first time in more than 50 years, Yale students gathered around an iconic sculpture to protest their university and their government.
Oct 7, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton
Red Vienna Is Still Alive Red Vienna Is Still Alive
The Austrian capital chose not to privatize the commons, and it shows.
Oct 7, 2026 / Kate Wagner
Draw Peace, Defy Censorship Draw Peace, Defy Censorship
Censorship targets those who dare to challenge power. Yet cartoonists keep drawing. Every line is an act of courage and freedom and a step toward peace.
Oct 2, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Black Freedom in an Age of White Oligarchy Black Freedom in an Age of White Oligarchy
Justin Leroy’s The Lowest Freedom points toward the limits of liberty under racial capitalism.
Oct 1, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Ross Coleman
The Carnival of Venice Biennale The Carnival of Venice Biennale
That so much of the art of “In Minor Keys” is muted in effect is ironic, because so much of it is overproduced, aspirationally eye-catching, and so big.
Sep 30, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
“Fast Food Nation” at 25 “Fast Food Nation” at 25
A conversation with Eric Schlosser.
Sep 29, 2026 / Austin Frerick
Treat Spotify Like a Public Utility Treat Spotify Like a Public Utility
Music streaming platforms have way too much control over musicians and music lovers. It’s time to rein them in.
Sep 24, 2026 / Ramsay Eyre
America Without the NFL America Without the NFL
Chuck Klosterman’s Football is a eulogy for the sport on the eve of its decline.
Sep 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu