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PS Picks: Our Recommendations for What to Watch, Read, and Listen to Right Now

This month: The Mapping Journey Project at the Museum of Modern Art; Mark Lilla's attempt to understand political reactionaries; Nate Parker's gritty new film, The Birth of a Nation; and the documentary Command and Control.

Pacific Standard Staff

Social Justice

David Simon on His New HBO Miniseries, ‘Show Me a Hero’

The Wire creator and former Baltimore Sun reporter talks about a historic public housing fight, race, and what makes white people go “batshit, batshit crazy.”

Marcelo Rochabrun

Social Justice

Has ‘Game of Thrones’ Affected the Way People Think About Climate Change?

Winter is coming, but no one seems to care. Sound familiar?

Wes Judd

News in Brief

The Jinx and the Jury

Can Robert Durst get a fair trial?

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Social Justice

A True Crime Expert Weighs in on HBO’s ‘The Jinx’

Criminologist and author Michael Arntfield talks with us about the past and future of true crime.

Wes Judd

Social Justice

The Sexual Politics of Nudity on HBO’s Hit Television Shows

Male entitlement fantasies are part of a climate in which women are displayed as objects for the sexual fulfillment of men.

Sezin Koehler

News in Brief

Reducing Crime With Limited Legalization

Expanding on the Situational Crime Prevention theory that making crimes harder or less appealing to commit will make them less likely to occur, two criminologists make the case for "providing opportunities" for would-be criminals to commit their acts legally and safely.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

Missing Tony Soprano

Over the course of its six groundbreaking seasons on HBO, we discussed every aspect of The Sopranos with friends and family—except for actor James Gandolfini's size.

Elaine Schattner