Category archives: Politics

Is anyone surprised that Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t feel responsible? One of the luxuries of power in Silicon Valley is the luxury to deny that your power exists. It wasn’t you, it was the algorithm. Facebook may have swallowed traditional media (on purpose), massively destabilized journalism (by accident), and facilitated the spread of misinformation on a… Read more »

A week after Election Day, a seat is still open in the United States Senate. It’s in Louisiana, and the winner could make the Senate even more conservative — or give Democrats a symbolically meaningful win. Instead of a standard general election system, Louisiana uses a “blanket primary,” also known as a “jungle primary.” All… Read more »

A week after Election Day, a seat is still open in the United States Senate. It’s in Louisiana, and the winner could make the Senate even more conservative — or give Democrats a symbolically meaningful win. Instead of a standard general election system, Louisiana uses a “blanket primary,” also known as a “jungle primary.” All… Read more »

The U.S. has a whole constellation of engagements with African states that are now going to be in the crosshairs of the incoming administration

The perils of conflating popular-culture wins and systemic success laid bare.

The first priority post-election must be protection — not just of the most liberal gains of the last eight years, but the physical and emotional guarding of the millions of Americans in the crosshairs of Trump’s nativist movement

Katy Perry passionately donates $10,000 to Planned Parenthood, and not just because she supports the organization: She’s benefitted from their services and understands how crucial they can be.

Welcome to “The Stakes,” our political-ish podcast where even though the World Series is over, we are, politically speaking, still biting our nails at the bottom of the ninth. Coming up: Part 1: Producer James T. Green spends an evening with Assata’s Daughters, an abolitionist group formed to address a shortage of programming and community… Read more »

MTV teamed with artist collective 1xRUN for a colorful election night special as four artists painted a replica of the oval office with illustrations of the issues that matter to them.

This week, there’s an election debriefing in New York, NY; an all day meditation workshop for trans folks in Oakland, CA; and we’re looking ahead to a Trans Latinx health assessment in Los Angeles, CA