Dispatches From the Culture Wars - August 28, 2018
- The Nationwide Prison Strike: Why It’s Happening and What It Means for Ending Mass Incarceration - Janos Marton (ACLU)
- Race is Still the Central Dividing Line in the Democratic Party - Seth Masket (Vox)
- Avital and Nimrod: Sexual Harassment and “Campy Communications” at NYU - Jon Wiener (Los Angeles Review of Books)
- Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism Anymore - Heather Cox Richardson (The New Republic)
- Pinterest Moms Share Parfait Recipes Next to QAnon Memes - Kelly Weill (The Daily Beast)
- Barnum's Animal Crackers Are No Longer Trapped in Cages, Thanks to PETA - Joe McGauley (Thrillist)
By Janos Marton
August 21, 2018
ACLU
A decision was made: It was time to launch a national prison strike to raise awareness around the brutality of mass incarceration.
Race is Still the Central Dividing Line in the Democratic Party
By Seth Masket
August 26, 2018
Vox
The recent DNC vote over superdelegates revealed longstanding divisions within the parpatrioty.
Avital and Nimrod: Sexual Harassment and “Campy Communications” at NYU
By Jon Wiener
August 20, 2018
Los Angeles Review of Books
What happens when a man tells a #MeToo story about being victimized by a woman? The real problem here is not deciding who was exploiting whom.
Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism Anymore
By Heather Cox Richardson
August 20, 2018
The New Republic
The Democrats are reclaiming language they ceded to the GOP decades ago—and putting a liberal spin on it.
Pinterest Moms Share Parfait Recipes Next to QAnon Memes
By Kelly Weill
August 15, 2018
The Daily Beast
The conspiracy theory’s middle-aged fanbase is blurring the line between wholesome recipe sites and the seedy cartoon porn forums like 8chan.
Barnum's Animal Crackers Are No Longer Trapped in Cages, Thanks to PETA
By Joe McGauley
August 21, 2018
Thrillist
PETA argued that the boxes featuring caged animals were outdated in light of the growing opposition to the exploitation of animals in circuses.