Video is the most consequential medium of our time. So why do we still lack the tools to cite, dissect, and challenge it like we do with print?
Peter B. Kaufman | Jul 3
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
