The rise of a “shadow gospel” reveals how deeply the language of demons and deliverance has shaped American politics.
Whitney Phillips & Mark Brockway | Apr 28
I tried to overhaul a system meant to help people in need, but it was designed to fail.
Mariana Chilton | Jan 13
We ignore the unique dynamics of modern authoritarianism at our own peril.
Yuval Kremnitzer | Jan 10
Robert Barsky examines the profound impact of Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" on Noam Chomsky's early embrace of left-libertarian and anarchist ideologies.
Robert F. Barsky | Jul 3, 2024
Left unchecked, the technique, which weaponizes emotional data for political gain, could erode the foundations of a fair and informed society.
Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert | Jun 13, 2024
Giovanni Aloi maps the ideological currents that led right-wing political exponents to protest and burn palm and banana trees in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo.
Giovanni Aloi | May 24, 2024
Twenty-five years before our era of fake news and celebrity pseudoscience, the star actor teamed up with Montel Williams to promote an unfounded conspiracy.
Robert P. Crease | May 15, 2023
A track record of successful progressive investments has been refracted through decades of bad data, bad statistics, bad analysis, and propaganda.
Nate G. Hilger | May 8, 2023
“Blockchain technology is a tiny crack, a tiny shifting of the ass cheeks of capital, it’s a moment of potential for a temporary autonomous zone.”
Maya B. Kronic | Apr 11, 2023
By throwing petrol on the political flames, populism makes cooperation on climate change nearly impossible.
Andrew Leigh | Nov 5, 2021
