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The Highlight Archive

Archives for April 2019

We are (still) the 99 percent
Features

Occupy Wall Street was seen as a failure when it ended in 2011. But it’s helped transform the American left.

By Emily Stewart
The most prescient science fiction author you aren’t reading
Culture

Feminist dystopian fiction owes just as much to this woman — who wrote as a man — as Margaret Atwood.

By Kay Steiger
Our incel problem
Politics

How a support group for the dateless became one of the internet’s most dangerous subcultures.

By Zack Beauchamp
I don’t eat meat. Should my dog?
The Highlight

Should your dog have free will when it comes to food?

By Rachel Sugar
The past 20 years of culture wars, explained by the word “wholesome”
Culture

Wholesomeness once meant sexual chastity. Now it’s progressive — and fashionable.

By Constance Grady
Dothraki spoken here
Games of Thrones season 8

Hollywood is churning out dozens of new languages. We spoke to the master.

By Oriana Schwindt
Mindfulness meditation in America has a capitalism problem
The mind, explained

Can the mindfulness movement resist becoming a tool of self-absorption?

By Sean Illing
Why do we let our kids play tackle football?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Chris Nowinski
Why do we work for bosses (instead of ourselves)?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Bhaskar Sunkara
Why are we still eating meat?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Dr. Melanie Joy
Why do we flaunt wealth?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Peter Singer
Why are we fighting the war on drugs?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Kathleen Frydl
Why do we treat dying people so poorly?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Haider Warraich
Why is sex work illegal?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Lux Alptraum
Why do we expect people to put money in 401(k)s?
The Highlight

It will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.

By Jacob S. Hacker