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Best of 2024: Rick Perlstein
Our columnist closes out his one-year run with his favorites of the year. Read more
The Domination Tour
Four decades of intensifying corporate concentration turned the music industry into a wasteland of institutionalized control and abuse. Are antitrust enforcers ready to reckon with that? Read more
School’s Out
Demographic crashes and rising costs threaten an entire segment of higher education. Read more
Louisiana Hangs Ten
Today on TAP: A law signed yesterday mandates displaying the Ten Commandments in every classroom. First Amendment? Feh! Read more
Even Scarlett Johansson Needs Protection From OpenAI
The high-profile dispute is another example of risks posed by unregulated AI development, and how little AI companies care. Read more
The Music Mafia’s Invincible ‘Poison Dwarf,’ in the Crosshairs at Last?
The DOJ says Live Nation has been colluding with its former chairman Irving Azoff to fix artist fees and ‘pimp’ Ticketmaster. Read more
How Live Nation’s Monopoly Works
A Justice Department lawsuit alleges a repeated strategy of intimidation tactics, retribution, and all-around thuggish behavior. Read more
Live Nation Strikes Up the Band in Washington
Legal hot water and potential legislative reforms have triggered millions of dollars in lobbyist spending and campaign donations. Read more
A Feel-Good Movie That Almost Makes You Feel Bad
‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ is uplifting and happy-sad. It was a more innocent time. Read more
100 Years Ago Today: Savage Nativism. And ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’
On the bigotry and diversity inherent in the world’s foremost nation of immigrants Read more
Best of 2023: Ramenda Cyrus
Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorites from this year. Read more
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. Read more
Ticketmaster Offers to Exploit Concertgoers More Transparently
The ticket broker’s new ‘all-in’ pricing pledge is an effort to stave off antitrust enforcement. Read more
Altercation: Goodbye and Thanks
And Victor Navasky remembered Read more
Senators Berate the Ticketmaster Monopoly
Members of both parties call for the ticket giant to be broken up. Read more
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 Read more
Altercation: On the Roots of Fascism
Is it belief in an ideology that creates fascists, or is it the permission to become a thug? Read more
Altercation: George Santos a Liar? Small-Time When Compared to His Fellow Republicans.
In the party of Trump, deceit is the new common parlance. Read more
Eric Alterman’s List of the Best Stuff of 2022
The year in movies, books, music, and art Read more
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. Read more