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Yesterday 5:30 am
Raging Bullshit: Credits and the Hollywood Economy
The Max streaming platform debuted a credit system that obscures the actual work done by film writers and other creative workers.
Ben Schwartz
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Yesterday 5:00 am
How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game
The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.
Nathan Robinson
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Yesterday 5:00 am
The Far Right’s Takeover of Shasta County, Plus the Enslaved Black Family
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Sasha Abramsky reports on politics, and Brenda Stevenson talks about history.
Jon Wiener
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June 7, 2023
Olaf Stapledon’s Cosmology of Peace
In his science fiction classic Star Maker, he imagines a way to overcome fascism on a galactic scale.
Jaime Green
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June 6, 2023
How Black Women Writers Got It Done
Claudia Tate’s 1983 collection of interviews is an important look into the trials writers like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou faced on their way to mainstream acceptance.
Marina Magloire
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June 5, 2023
Why the Internet Hates Gay People
A conversation with Alexander Monea about his recent book on the history of search engines, content moderation, AI, and the ways they form biases against queerness.
Jacob Bruggeman
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June 5, 2023
How CNN Went From Bad to Worse
Chris Licht’s disastrous reign is governed by reactionary centrism.
Jeet Heer
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June 5, 2023
The Case Against Homeownership
Instead of perpetuating the Ponzi scheme of private property for some, we should be demanding economic security for all.
Jane Chung
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June 5, 2023
Ferit Edgü’s Prescient Fiction of a Turkey in Crisis
His books, which examined the plight of eastern Turkey and the vanity of the Istanbul bourgeoise, take on new meaning after the February 6 earthquakes.
Kaya Genç
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June 2, 2023
Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them.
The Supreme Court’s extreme anti-worker decision calls for a radical response.
Jeet Heer