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October 29, 2019
Ingrid Burrington
How We Misremember the Internet’s Origins
50 years after the first ARPANET message, pop culture still views connectivity as disconnected from the political worldview that produced it.
October 28, 2019
Zoë Hu
Natasha Stagg Has No Illusions
A new collection of essays perfectly evokes the excitement and the anguish of young creative people in New York.
October 21, 2019
Magazine
Nathaniel Friedman
Moments Without Truth
Making sense of online discourse in the age of Trump
September 27, 2019
Magazine
Kim Phillips-Fein
The Failed Political Promise of Silicon Valley
Tech was meant to help us transcend our most intractable problems. What went wrong?
August 9, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
No Law Can Ban White Supremacy From the Internet
Gutting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act will cause more problems than it solves.
May 30, 2019
Lizzie O'Shea
Digital Privacy Is a Class Issue
As corporations mine data and monetize the web, the divide between rich and poor on the Internet grows wider.
April 22, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Rules of Engagement
The left is often criticized for shutting down debate. But is productive debate even possible when we can't agree on the terms?
March 27, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Fat and Happy
Lindy West, the inspiration for the new Hulu series "Shrill," helped redefine the way we see and treat fat people. Can her ideas translate to television?
December 17, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Is It Ethical to Post Pictures of Your Kids on Instagram?
The app's increasing commercialization is further evidence that no simple joy is uncomplicated when it's on the internet.
July 19, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Women’s Media Is a Scam
On the subtle horror of Refinery29.
May 9, 2018
Kyle Chayka
How Tech Is Remaking Fashion in Its Image
The ethos of Silicon Valley—scalability, homogeneity, and a subtle exclusivity—has crept into the clothes people wear.
May 8, 2018
Alex Shephard
A Public Option for the Internet
A new proposal outlines the way Democrats can make greater broadband access a reality.
May 2, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Why Is Everything So Hideous?
On the bad digital design we cannot escape
May 1, 2018
Anna Wiener
The Internet Women Made
Claire L. Evans’s new book is a bittersweet reminder that the internet used to be freer and more fun.
April 6, 2018
Sarah Jones
Who’s Afraid of David Hogg?
How an alternative medicine grifter became a leading voice in the online misinformation campaign against the Parkland survivors
April 4, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The Strange Online Aesthetic of the YouTube Shooting Suspect
What Nasim Najafi Aghdam’s social media content reveals about art and life on the internet
January 18, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Goodbye to Awl That
Why one of the best sites on the internet is gone for good
September 23, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Post-Literate American Presidency
Trump is truly the first TV president and a harbinger of the decline in intelligence to come in U.S. politics.
August 31, 2017
Navneet Alang
Turns Out Algorithms Are Racist
Artificial intelligence is becoming a greater part of our daily lives, but the technologies can contain dangerous biases and assumptions—and we're only beginning to understand the consequences.
August 25, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Mourning Diana Online
What it means for a dead princess to be immortalized in digital camp.
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