Your Microbes, Yourself
In his new book, Rodney Dietert argues that it’s time to re-configure our relationship with germs: Instead of…
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One Last Thing: The Prison Tattoo
Captivity will beget invention. Modern American prisoners can jury-rig tattoo machines out of objects available at the commissary.…
Eastern State Penitentiary and the Critique of Mass Incarceration
Inside the former prison-turned-museum and its new exhibit about the perils and inequities of mass incarceration in America.
When American Radicals Take Over the Berlin Bienniale
At this year’s Berlin Bienniale, the organizers address war, terror, and migration via virtual reality and drones—while elevating…
Lost in Space: Re-Claiming Awe in the Age of Social Media
At a time when we desperately need to care about Earth and the efforts to adjust our relationship…
White Capital, Black Labor
The racial hierarchy of American industry was built on the ruins of slavery. A new book on the history of black workers shows how far we have—and haven't—come.
Of Mice and Minions: Why Are All the Cartoon Animals Male?
I went to see The Secret Life of Pets to support the basset hound. I came away mad…
Why Is Everyone Going Crazy Over ‘Pokémon Go’?
We should have guessed this would happen, considering the research literature. By Francie Diep Deputy Editor Ryan Jacobs…
The Radical Politics of Keeping Your Head in the Clouds
How Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s Cloud Appreciation Society furthers a proud political tradition of doing nothing. By Colette Shade Stare…