Georgia Democrats Are Cautioning Against a Hollywood Boycott. One Is Coming Anyway.
Netflix, Disney, CBS, NBC, Sony, and Showtime have threatened to end production in Georgia after the state passed a bill outlawing abortion after six weeks.
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Online Courses Are Cost Effective but Detrimental to Learning, Researchers Find
Multitasking can be damaging to your brain, and online students are bearing the brunt.
Binge-Watching Can Warp Your View of the World
The most popular streaming shows are quite violent, and they convey a dark, distorted view of society.
More Evidence Linking ’13 Reasons Why’ With Teen Suicide Attempts
A survey of youths at high risk of suicide found that half had watched at least one episode of the Netflix series.
An Open Letter Accuses Netflix’s ‘Afflicted’ of Abandoning Ethics and Science
The new documentary series promised compassion for sufferers of poorly understood chronic illnesses. Instead, it peddled the tired narrative that their suffering is "all in their heads."
PS Picks: ‘Queer Eye’ Reboots Masculinity
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
The Lede, Issue #7: A New Washington Bureau, Political Poetry of the American Midwest, Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ Reboot, and More
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Your Laziness Is Saving the Planet
New research finds we're driving less in the Internet age, and that's reducing our energy consumption.
Errol Morris Examines MKUltra
Morris' latest, an investigation into whether the CIA assassinated one of its own scientists, pushes the boundaries of "documentary" further than ever before.
Spike Lee’s Gentrification Problem
Lee's role in gentrification is complicated, despite his vociferous criticism of the phenomenon, because in some ways he's responsible for the Brooklyn of today.