Internet and New Media

Marc Andreessen attends the 10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.

The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed

Marc Andreessen, Tucker Carlson, and a Winklevoss walk into a bar… and the rest of us run out of it screaming.

Apr 29, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

An Apple Store in Brussels, Belgium on March 4, 2024, after. European Union slapped tech giant Apple with over 1.8 billion euros in fines for alleged antitrust violations.

Will Europe Back Down Against Big Tech? Will Europe Back Down Against Big Tech?

The attempt by Brussels to regulate Silicon Valley is a bargaining chip in the trade crisis.

Apr 24, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

An Amazon Prime package delivered to a mailbox by in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2020.

The Poetic Life of the Online Shopper The Poetic Life of the Online Shopper

Kevin Killian’s Selected Amazon Reviews is a tender-hearted look at the art and pathos of consumerism.

Apr 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Stroh

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a roundtable meeting on adolescent safety with creators of the television show Adolescence, and Sarah Simpkin from the Children's Society on March 31, 2025, in London, United Kingdom.

The Creator of “Adolescence” Backs a Social Media Ban for Kids—but It’s the Wrong Move The Creator of “Adolescence” Backs a Social Media Ban for Kids—but It’s the Wrong Move

Although the dangers young people face online are all too clear, the solution is pragmatism, not prohibition.

Apr 17, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now

9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now 9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now

Because the danger to cultural preservation has never been greater.

Apr 11, 2025 / Maria Bustillos

The Age of the Assassination Meme Is Here The Age of the Assassination Meme Is Here

Our online era is being defined by a digital haze of shitpost-y, weirdly specific memes that toe the line between satire and watch list.

Apr 10, 2025 / Alex Peter

Bob McChesney on “Moyers & Company” in 2013.

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

Mar 27, 2025 / John Nichols

Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks during the New York Times’s annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 4, 2024, in New York City.

Can the Free Press Be Saved? Can the Free Press Be Saved?

It will take a new movement of responsible readers and benefactors to protect independent media.

Mar 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Washington Post’s Dark Turn

The Washington Post’s Dark Turn The Washington Post’s Dark Turn

Columnist and editor Ruth Marcus has become one of many journalists to resign from the newspaper following increasing interference by its owner Jeff Bezos.

Mar 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club Event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024, in New York City.

What’s a Rebel Pundit to Do in the Age of Trump? What’s a Rebel Pundit to Do in the Age of Trump?

Supposedly contrarian journalists like Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, and Glenn Greenwald have a problem: The current establishment loves them.

Mar 7, 2025 / Eoin Higgins

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