Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorites from this year.
Music
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
A Slow Turn in Hip-Hop Redemption for Black Women
The sentencing of rapper Tory Lanez for shooting Megan Thee Stallion highlights decades of injustice.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ticketmaster Offers to Exploit Concertgoers More Transparently
The ticket broker’s new ‘all-in’ pricing pledge is an effort to stave off antitrust enforcement.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senators Berate the Ticketmaster Monopoly
Members of both parties call for the ticket giant to be broken up.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Deal-Making Republican ‘Pragmatists’? Like, Who?
The ‘moderates’ who want a debt default: a case study in journalistic destruction of the meaning of words
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: On the Roots of Fascism
Is it belief in an ideology that creates fascists, or is it the permission to become a thug?
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: George Santos a Liar? Small-Time When Compared to His Fellow Republicans.
In the party of Trump, deceit is the new common parlance.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Eric Alterman’s List of the Best Stuff of 2022
The year in movies, books, music, and art
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Getting Real on Crime and Punishment
Republicans and New York’s ‘Democratic’ mayor demagogue on the issue, even as many real Democrats fail even to engage it.
