Culture Archive
Archives for April 2024


The WNBA draft puts pro basketball’s longstanding pay gap on stark display.


Jennifer Pan allegedly hired hitmen to kill her parents in 2010. But the case is in limbo.

It’s partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.


The internet is far less secure than it ought to be.


You might think a movie about a second American civil war would be a thinly veiled Trump story. It’s not — and it’s better for it.


It says more about Netflix than it does about China.


Long after the Trial of the Century ended, we couldn’t help obsessing over a fallen hero.

It seems like every musician is being labeled an “industry plant” — does it actually mean anything?


Reality stars are suing Bravo (and each other) while wrestling with their own reality.


Soapy, super-powered, and silly, X-Men ’97 is a Marvel masterpiece.

They’re great for the fast food industry — but not so great for us.


Carrie Bradshaw is a menace. That’s the point.


The Michigan school shooter begged for help. His parents laughed it off.


What multilevel marketing schemes are really selling.


Coverage and analysis of the global superstar’s eighth studio album.