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How the death of middlebrow culture led to Trump’s barbarism
Mike Lofgren
All the cool people hated middle-class suburban culture — but it looks a lot better compared to what came next
Politics is shaken by a new wave of #MeToo reckonings
Grace Panetta
Eric Swalwell's downfall is driving a renewed focus on sexual misconduct and abuse in Washington
Trump’s Cabinet has daddy issues. He’s the reason
Andi Zeisler
The president's obsession with dominance, loyalty and humiliation makes him a lot like the father he feared
How Cheech & Chong lit up the film industry
Coleman Spilde
Stoner buddy comedies like "Up in Smoke" and "Harold & Kumar" make the grass greener on all sides
How Bob Dylan and The Beatles pushed each other to evolve
Kenneth Womack
"Where the Music Had to Go" tracks Dylan and The Beatles’ creative clash
Steven Soderbergh’s AI contradiction
Coleman Spilde
Soderbergh is "mystified" over AI backlash, but his latest film, "The Christophers," proves art needs a human touch
Julia Wertz finds the humor in motherhood’s body horror
Andi Zeisler
In "Bury Me Already," the cartoonist takes on isolation, family and the eternal guilt trip of art and parenting
Alice Coltrane and No Wave’s overlooked women step out of the margins
Caryn Rose
The best music writing isn’t nostalgia, It’s cultural archaeology — These books reclaim what music history left out
Why the right is so obsessed with Rome
Curtis Dozier
From America to Britain, conservatives' focus on the Roman Empire is part of an effort to make violence virtuous
Young widows like Aubrey Plaza don’t owe us anything
Andi Zeisler
Aubrey Plaza’s baby news highlights the misogyny of assuming we know when a woman is ready to move on
With “The End of Oak Street,” dinosaur fans may finally have their movie
Coleman Spilde
After years of sequels, a mysterious new film has reignited the dino fandom with something new
MAGA and Putin bet big on Hungary’s election — it backfired
Andrew O'Hehir
UPDATE: JD Vance's bizarre Budapest side quest couldn't save Viktor Orbán. It's a major far-right setback
Janet Jackson’s “Nasty” woman’s anthem
Melanie McFarland
Forty years ago, Janet Jackson took "Control"
The Christian right’s victim complex fuels Trump’s Iran war
Amanda Marcotte
For evangelicals, there's no limit in defending the president's cruelty
“Economic civil war”: States push laws to shield oil and gas companies from accountability
Abrahm Lustgarten
Most bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo
Movies should make us uncomfortable
Coleman Spilde
"The Drama" opened to box office success and ample controversy, but the film is far more than its discourse
“They were all guitars”: Paul Shaffer recalls why The Beatles didn’t click — at first
Nicole Michael
On "Everything Fab Four," Shaffer reflects on how "Rubber Soul" changed his mind about the band as a whole
Horror has a lock on making sapphic love seem trivial
Kelly McClure
From "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" to "Jennifer's Body," the intimacy of queer women ends up sidelined
The problem with covering extremists
Sophia Tesfaye
Coverage of figures like Clavicular raises an old question: Does attention inform the public — or empower radicals?
Iran is breaking Trump’s spirit
Amanda Marcotte
The war is getting in the way of the president's race-baiting and revenge campaigns
The cosmetic industry’s new frontier: cadaver fat
Andi Zeisler
As GLP-1 use surges, demand for longer-lasting fillers is raising ethical questions about donated tissue
Why the manosphere has a glaring antisemitism problem
Miriam Eve Mora
Prominent influencers openly deny the Holocaust, call for violence against Jews and spread conspiracy theories
“Rooster” and the wake-up call that nobody cares
Melanie McFarland
In its way, Bill Lawrence and Steve Carell's comedy interrupts the globally destructive pull of male insecurity
“Hag” is a Tubi movie to rule them all
Coleman Spilde
The thriller is the most fun you'll have not paying for a movie all year. And it's just the tip of the Tubi iceberg
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