It feels like it was March just yesterday, but September is upon us. The Olympics are over, the Paralympics are about to begin, the G20 has wrapped up, Britain is struggling with Brexit, and much,...
Last week, you could have been forgiven for thinking that the only political activity going on in the UK was #traingate. The most important story in the news was about whether a man sat down on a...
At some point in the recent past, a roughly 60-year-old woman died in Southern California, and generously donated her body to science. 5,000 miles away, her body is about to be cut open for the...
Labor journalist Sarah Jaffe has covered a myriad of topics in her work, ranging from “trickle-down feminism” to tenants’ rights to popular culture—and her first book, Necessary Trouble,...
I write primarily to Jill Stein voters. I understand the festering resentments and the mistrust and downright hatred for Hillary Clinton. I understand your feelings of moral outrage and the need to...
Welcome to the start of another week, friends! It may feel dismal to be back at work yet again, but at least we've got some interesting reads for you to escape into during your lunch hour. (We would...
Imperium not only sideswipes you with its opening liberal quotation, but then sits you in the back of a car with Harry Potter dressed as an FBI agent. He waits nervously for a white van to deliver a...
Last year, Britain’s only NHS clinic dealing with gender identity conditions in under 18s reported a 100% increase in the number of children being referred to them for assessment and treatment....
It has been hard to escape the recent controversy surrounding the prohibition of modest Muslim swimwear in areas of coastal France. The ‘burkini ban’ has been implemented in towns including...
Jeff Feuerzeig’s Sundance-premiering documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story delves into the strange and winding tale of how a San Francisco musician and phone sex operator by the name of Laura...
