The Sound of 2017 Is Very, Very Male
A woman hasn't topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts in nearly a year—a streak unseen since the 1960s.
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How ‘In a Heartbeat’ Places Gay Love in the Romantic Canon
The viral short film reanimates clichés about love with a queer twist.
The Desegregation of American Airports
A new book by a German historian looks at the conflicting history of segregation in commercial air travel.
PS Picks: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and a More Optimistic Vision of the Future
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 Minds Solving the Giant Puzzle the Stasi Left Behind
Meet the employees piecing together the shredded remnants of surveillance and secrecy in East Germany.
How to Make Friends in Outer Space
When Carl Sagan's team sent two gold-plated records into space in 1977, it wanted to make alien contact. Forty years later, those time capsules are hurtling beyond the reaches of the Solar System, still seeking intelligent life.
The Long, Fascinating History of Leftist Self-Defense
Right-wingers may be more culturally associated with firearms, but the left has trained for combat since the 19th century.
Angelina Jolie’s Latest Film Comes Under Fire From Human Rights Watch
The director may have cast the controversial Royal Cambodian Armed Forces in First They Killed My Father.
Objects That Matter: The Disposable Camera
Kodak embraced the ideals of the Progressive Era early on, aggressively marketing cameras to women from the outset with the launch of advertisements featuring the Kodak Girl—a pretty, camera-wielding woman—in 1893.