Justin Chon’s deportation drama marks a cultural high point for the immigration rights movement. But do progressives still care now that Trump is gone?
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Hollywood’s Uprising of Activism
While conventional wisdom suggests that the arts have been depoliticized relative to the 1960s, there’s been a surge of celebrity engagement since the Trump years.
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The Implications of Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel Lawsuit
It’s actually a story about Hollywood labor compensation, and the growing power of streaming services.
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How Amazon Controls Virtually Everything You Watch
Amazon Web Services delivers almost all filmed media in the United States to your screen of choice. How are they leveraging that power?
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The Heights and the Depths
Today on TAP: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stumble over race shows how far we have to go
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Stealing Ur Website
Innovations in journalistic pilferage at the Financial Times
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Altercation: Why Journalism Isn’t Really Covering the Threat of Fascism
Objectivity has no bias in favor of the truth.
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What Amazon’s Purchase of MGM Is Really About
The company wants to control pricing on everything, and funnel as many transactions to itself as possible. Here’s how the MGM deal does that.
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Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence
In an exceptional memoir, one of the greatest actresses in American film deconstructs her craft and bears witness to history.