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The Ghosts in the Machine

by Liz Pelly,

Spotify’s plot against musicians

Voices from the Dead Letter Office

by Cynthia Ozick,

On the epistolary life

The Painted Protest

by Dean Kissick,

How politics destroyed contemporary art

Completely Hazardous Experiments

by Sallie Tisdale,

My father’s mercury

In the Rockets’ Red Glare

by Rachel Kushner,

The past and future of hot-rodding in America

Revenge Plot

by Lauren Oyler,

The GOP’s identity crisis

Ithaca

by Will Self,

Rewriting my mother's diaries

The Seventy Percent

by Yiyun Li,

On minor characters and human possibility

The Island King

by Sean Williams,

A fugitive monarch dreams of fortune and freedom

Demographics
vs. Destiny

by Matthew Shen Goodman,

The dawn of the Asian-American conservative

The Antitrust Revolution

by Barry C. Lynn,

Liberal democracy’s last stand against Big Tech

The Fever Called Living

by Evan Malmgren,

On the plight of environmental-illness refugees

The Hindutva Lobby

by Andrew Cockburn,

How Hindu nationalism spreads in America

What Are You Going to Do With That?

by Erik Baker,

The future of college in the asset economy

The Thin Purple Line

by Jasper Craven,

The dubious rise of the private-security industry

The New Age Bible

by Sheila Heti,

On the origins of A Course in Miracles

My Mother’s Oysters

by Rosanna Warren,

Recollections of Breton summers

The Gods of Logic

by Benjamín Labatut,

Before and after artificial intelligence

Metal Machine Music

by Laurent Dubreuil,

Can AI think creatively? Can we?

What Goes Up

by Andrew Lipstein,

Does the rise of index funds spell catastrophe?

The Prophet Who Failed

by Emily Harnett,

After the apocalypse that wasn’t

Masters of War

by Thomas Meaney,

In search of the new world order in Munich

The Life and Death of Hollywood

by Daniel Bessner,

Film and television writers face an existential threat

Wherein the author spends a decade acquiring knowledge of country and/or western music, Elvis’s stillborn twin, Bidenomics in the wild, bathroom cruising, wax statuary, race relations, and the soul of the nation

The Eviction Experts

by Mya Frazier,

Can a city stop a housing crisis?

Jacob’s Dream

by Frederick Kaufman,

MAGA meets the Age of Aquarius

The Case Against Children

by Elizabeth Barber,

Among the antinatalists

The Holocaust Angle

by Rebecca Panovka,

How a group of NIMBYs rewrote Alderney’s history

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem

by Andrew Cockburn,

How Big Tech is losing the wars of the future

Features

The Ghosts in the Machine

Voices from the Dead Letter Office

The Painted Protest

Completely Hazardous Experiments

In the Rockets’ Red Glare

Revenge Plot

Ithaca

The Seventy Percent

The Island King

Demographics
vs. Destiny

The Antitrust Revolution

The Fever Called Living

The Hindutva Lobby

What Are You Going to Do With That?

The Thin Purple Line

The New Age Bible

My Mother’s Oysters

Korean Hearts

The Gods of Logic

Metal Machine Music

What Goes Up

The Prophet Who Failed

Masters of War

The Life and Death of Hollywood

The Branson Pilgrim

The Eviction Experts

Jacob’s Dream

The Case Against Children

The Holocaust Angle

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem

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The Ghosts in the Machine

Voices from the Dead Letter Office

The Painted Protest

Completely Hazardous Experiments

In the Rockets’ Red Glare

Revenge Plot

Ithaca

The Seventy Percent

The Island King

Demographics vs. Destiny

The Antitrust Revolution

The Fever Called Living

The Hindutva Lobby

What Are You Going to Do With That?

The Thin Purple Line

The New Age Bible

My Mother’s Oysters

Korean Hearts

The Gods of Logic

Metal Machine Music

What Goes Up

The Prophet Who Failed

Masters of War

The Life and Death of Hollywood

The Branson Pilgrim

The Eviction Experts

Jacob’s Dream

The Case Against Children

The Holocaust Angle

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem

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