Inside The Esports Bubble. By Cecilia D'Anastasio.

DJ Shadow, Run the Jewels

The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough. By Robert Fisk.

From bedding Kings to fleeing countries dressed as a pistol wielding man. Duelling her lovers, drinking, dancing and above all fighting for her independence; the life on Hortense Mancini was to be blunt, fucking insane.

American cities are being hijacked with an N.S.A. cyberweapon that has already done billions of dollars in damage overseas. The N.S.A. will say nothing. By Nicole Perlroth, Scott Shane.

The writer Pratap Bhanu Mehta discusses the Indian Prime Minister’s huge win, the differences between him and other authoritarians, and what the future holds for India’s Muslims. By Isaac Chotiner.

Making it possible for the state to open your locks in secret means that anyone who works for the state, or anyone who can bribe or coerce anyone who works for the state, can have the run of your life. By Cory Doctorow.

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Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue” strikes a middle point between his more surreal lyrics of the ‘60s and his more straightforward love songs, and as Polyphonic’s recent video taking a deep dive into this “musical masterpiece” shows, that combination is wh ...

The push to punish pipeline protestors has spread across the U.S. By Naveena Sadasivam. (May 14, 2019)

Literally every single one of them. By Jessica M. Goldstein.

The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have known for years that Saudi diplomats were helping Saudi fugitives. But Washington avoided even raising the problem out of concern that it might hurt Saudi cooperation in the fight again ...

Radio War Nerd (July 24, 2018)

Journalists could face years in jail for handling a classified military document that revealed details about France’s involvement in the Yemen conflict. By Ryan Gallagher. (May 17, 2019)

Discoveries have helped fuel national debate over nonstick chemical contamination. By Sara Talpos.

At this point you almost wish America would just pick a target and stick with it. By Caitlin Johnstone.

Soviet immigrants have always had an implicit belief in the superiority of American institutions. It’s been a religious thing for them. But seeing themselves get swept up and demonized in this way has bred disillusionment and revulsion with American ...

Pundits are blaming the Australian Labor Party's left-wing turn for its shocking defeat in Saturday's election. But the failure lies in the fact that this leftist program came too little, too late. By Daniel Lopez.

The recent spate of milkshake protests against the far right began in Warrington on 2 May. By James Butler.

In Ted Chiang’s new collection of stories, technology can be a force for human—and robotic—good. By Joyce Carol Oates.