When the Internet was for strangers
Facebook has degraded our friendships, but do online relationships have to be limited to "Catfish"-like scenarios?
Sunday, Feb 17, 2013 5:00 PM UTCSocial The New Inquiry, Internet
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Social The New Inquiry, Internet
What does OKCupid want?
Dating companies hope to replace our search for love with a search for better searching
Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 5:00 PM UTCSocial The New Inquiry, dating, Internet
A fresh view of George Orwell
Honoring the reissue of several works, a reevaluation of "Politics and the English Language"
Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 10Entertainment The New Inquiry, literature
The baker’s lament
As a pastry chef, I watched my artwork vanish in seconds. But its ephemerality was also what made it beautiful
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 9:32 PM UTCLife The New Inquiry, makeup, essays
Spain dances with chaos
Residents of Madrid took to the streets to protest their country's austerity measures -- with terrifying results
Sunday, Nov 25, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 24Politics European Union, The New Inquiry
What makes a meme
Despite Obama's hard sell, "Romnesia" fell flat, while "Big Bird" took off. What distinguishes one from the other?
Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 3:00 PM UTCSocial Romnesia, Big Bird
Frank Ocean’s sexuality is beside the point
Not only does the silky R&B singer defy conventional labels, he renders them all but moot
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:21 PM UTCEntertainment The New Inquiry, Frank Ocean
Literary realism is dead
Zadie Smith's "NW" charts a bold new path for the novel and offers its readers a unique brand of "authenticity"
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 18Life Infinite Jest, Zadie Smith
Burning Man is grey
The event may have gone mainstream, but it hasn't lost its subversive spark
Sunday, Oct 14, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 44Life Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street
Rise of the celebrity economist
Markets are as unstable as during any point in American history -- and a select few have found a way to capitalize
Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 11Elections Financial Crisis
“Last Resort”: “24″ in the age of Obama
ABC’s latest series offers a new twist on an old formula: An African-American hero who's no one's sidekick
Saturday, Sep 29, 2012 3:30 PM UTC 15Entertainment Last Resort, Scandal
Suicidal dogs and bipolar wolves
Do animals have personalities? How about mental illnesses? A science historian explains
Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 10:56 PM UTCLife Wolves, Laurel Braitman
Will drones replace commercial air travel?
They're no longer the sole domain of covert government operatives and paramilitary independent contractors
Sunday, Sep 16, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 12Entertainment The New Inquiry, Drones
“Breaking Bad”: White supremacist fable?
The series is just the latest Hollywood offering to get the drug trade wrong--and provide a dicey racial narrative
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 10:54 PM UTC 37News The New Inquiry, Breaking Bad
When I tried policing the NYPD
Working for the city, I hoped to expose police corruption. I quickly realized I was playing a fixed game
Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 6:11 PM UTCLife The New Inquiry, NYPD, New York
Riding in elevators with Helen Gurley Brown
For a writer in the Cosmopolitan empire, there was no greater thrill than getting her nod of approval
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 7:22 PM UTCLife "Sex and the Single Girl"
Stars earn stripes, dupe audience
If NBC's coverage of the Olympics is pumped with artificial drama, wait until you see its military "reality" show VIDEO
Tuesday, Aug 7, 2012 6:25 PM UTC 12Entertainment The New Inquiry
Punk’s cultural revolution
Pussy Riot's masked women have become icons of Russia's anti-Putin movement -- and turned the genre on its head
Friday, Apr 27, 2012 4:30 PM UTC 13Entertainment The New Inquiry, Music, Russia
Lessons from Israel’s Occupy
The #J14 protests and OWS raise the same strange issue: Can a class struggle be waged on behalf of the middle?
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 4:54 PM UTCNews The New Inquiry
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