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When a Feminist Content Sweatshop Was the Coolest Thing On the Internet
Jezebel is widely blamed for starting “cancel culture.” But 16 years ago, most culture desperately needed to be canceled.
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Lies My Corporation Told Me
A new book lays out 150 years of corporate stooges making bogus arguments.
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Fixing Disinformation Online
What will it take to regulate the abuses of Big Tech without undermining free speech?
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It’s the Global Economy, Stupid
A new book on the Clinton presidency reveals how it abandoned a progressive vision for a finance-led agenda for economics and geopolitics.
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Your Guide to the Hottest Fall Trends of 2023
The leaves may change but the bullsh*t remains the same.
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How Big Tech Is Undermining Childhood
A conversation with author and child advocate Susan Linn
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A Black Football Player Reclaims His Story
A book and hit movie depicted Michael Oher as a Black kid saved by adoptive white parents. Oher says that’s not the real story.
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Demanding Equity in Higher Education
A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
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A Hemmed-In Presidency
In ‘The Last Politician,’ Franklin Foer unfolds Joe Biden’s record of achievement and command. But voters haven’t gotten to see it.
