PS Picks: The Buried Aggression in Lady Macbeth
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Objects That Matter: Party Plates
Public support for criminal registries has grown despite inconsistent evidence that they reduce crime, which social scientists attribute to a human need to feel a sense of control over threats.
Can a Podcast Revitalize an Endangered Alaska Native Language?
One Juneau-based nonprofit has decided to give it a try.
PS Picks: Exploring Mass Incarceration as a Societal Problem in ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscape’
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.
Sony Pictures Is Releasing Clean Versions of Its Movies to Ward Off Would-Be Copycats
Offering sanitized versions of movies like Easy A is Hollywood's latest offensive against alleged copyright infringement.
PS Picks: Zeynep Tufekci’s ‘Twitter and Tear Gas’
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.
Off-the-Shoulder Tops Are Relics of a Less-Feminist Era. Why Are They So Popular in 2017?
To keep up with a faster fashion cycle, designers are reframing bare shoulders as a symbol of female empowerment.
The ‘Nature Poem’ Bucking Stereotypes About Native Americans
In his new book-length poem, Tommy Pico sends up Hollywood and literary archetypes with a protagonist who begrudges the great outdoors.
A Blueprint for Resisting Islamophobic Prejudice
Erik Love's new book is invaluable for its detailed chronicle of Muslim-American activism.
A True Story of Pathological Friendliness
Jennifer Latson's debut illustrates a boy's coming-of-age, complicated by a genetic disorder that strips peoples' social inhibitions.