Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. micah (Micah Cohen, managing editor): Welcome, everyone! Today’s topic: How has the nation changed (or how has it not) since the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by sup... More »
In a section of her 2014 book Men: An Ongoing Investigation, Laura Kipnis gleefully describes Larry Flynt—who died yesterday of heart failure at the age of 78—as a “scumbag pornographer,” and subsequently condemns the major motion picture based on his life. Sa... More »
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge eBay is hosting a President’s Day sale specifically on refurbished products. One of the best offers we’ve spotted is for Bose’s over-ear Noise Canceling 700 Headphones. These normally sell for $380, but you can get a... More »
How do you capture the embers of a revolution? The transfixing “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya and Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. undertake such a promethean effort in Shaka King’s crime-suspense biopic “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Recounting the brief life of Fred... More »
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Alexander““The Bank Job““The Blair Witch Project““Cut Throat City““Eat Pray Love““Fatima”“Inception““A Monster Calls““Ocean's Eleven““Shutter Island“ 15 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Ammonite“ Even in a pandemic year, there are films that do well ... More »
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump was incredibly critical of executive orders, particularly when it came to then-President Barack Obama’s use of them. “[Obama] just goes along and signs executive orders for everything … because that’s easy to... More »
No sooner is 2020 over, and the race for 2024 begins. It’s possible, too, that we’ll see a familiar face in those presidential primaries: Donald Trump. Except Trump might not be running on the Republican Party’s ticket. Instead, he and some of his supporters h... More »
The owner’s decision to not play the anthem before Mavericks games this season, which went on for nearly two months before anyone noticed, set the rightwing media ecosphere on fireFrom the moment nearly five years ago when Colin Kaepernick first kneeled during... More »
