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Archives for April 2019


A scholar of gaming culture on what went wrong with “gamer” culture.


America is growing more slowly than at any time since the Great Depression.

Paying for a tiny dose of luxury doesn’t make me an irresponsible millennial.


Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz are both vying to be Israel’s next prime minister.


Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing makes the case for keeping your Facebook account, staying on Twitter, checking your email, but doing it all differently, and “not as asked.” (And not as self-help.)


Congress holds two hearings this week that indicate as much.


Democrats may take President Trump to court over his tax returns; the US pulls troops from Libya as the country edges to the brink of civil war.


He joins a crowded presidential primary, potentially bolstered by his role on the House Intelligence Committee investigating Trump.


Yet another defeat for a Department of Homeland Security stuck between the judiciary and an enraged and impatient president.


Destiny’s Child held the iTunes record for 15 years before Blackpink came along.


Randolph Alles is out a day after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned.


The Department of Justice announced the plea deals in a bribery and fraud case that captured national attention.


The administration wants to hold big marketplaces accountable for selling fake products.


Trump usually likes listening to tough military people. He probably won’t listen to these ones, though.


A ongoing purge in an administration that can’t make policy.