Supreme Court Majority To The Wrong Voters: Drop Dead
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority makes a decision that happens to align perfectly with its own political preferences. It’s all just the damndest coincidence.
Author: Sam Wilkinson
NFL Owners To Force Players To Stand
The NFL had to choose between its black players and its conservative white fans. It, very predictably, went with its conservative, white fans.
Tennessee’s General Assembly Sure Is Concerned With Keeping Racists Happy
Back in 2015, in the aftermath of the South Carolina church shooting, Memphis’s City Council decided that it wanted to rid itself of statues celebrating terrorists and traitors. The city’s council voted to get rid of one such statue before being immediately overruled by the Tennessee Historical Commission. Sam Wilkinson talks about what happened next.
Briefly, On Policing The Rhetoric Of Teenagers
A Republican has finally identified the real problem with gun violence: insufficiently respectful teenagers.
Sacramento Police Department Murders/Executes/Kills Stephon Clark
Stephon Clark wasn’t armed. The Sacramento Police Department ended his life anyway.
Briefly, On Andrew Sullivan, Katie Roiphe, and Due Process
Although Andrew Sullivan and Katie Roiphe would never acknowledge it, maybe the Shitty Media Men list was created not as an affront to the concept of due process, but because due process has so often ended up protecting abusers rather than the abused.
Institutional Culture Reliably Protects Abusers, Not The Abused
Aly Raisman’s righteous anger at Larry Nassar was deserved. So to was her righteous anger at the system that aided and abetted him. But only one of those is going to get the attention that it deserves.
Briefly, On The Making Of Lists
Moira Donegan has acknowledged having created the Shitty Media Men list. She should be lauded for doing so. Her detractors though? They deserve nothing of the sort.
Bernard Law Has Died
Bernard Law – a man who invested considerable personal energy aiding and abetting the molestation of children – has died.
When The Same Explanation Justifies Execution And Exoneration
Magdiel Sanchez had a very good reason for not following the orders that Oklahoma City Police were giving him. That reason did not save his life.
Jemele Hill, or, The Politics Of Describing A Duck As “A Duck”
In properly describing Donald Trump as a white supremacist, Jemele Hill joined a crowd of people who have done precisely the same thing. The White House’s response to her having done it though? It was very different.
Michael Bennett’s Treatment Was (Un)Justified
The inability to recognize another person’s humanity is how it is that Michael Bennett ended up being handcuffed on the ground, after having been threatened.
The Defenders Is Thoroughly Ehh
Netflix’s and Marvel’s The Defenders is underwhelming, underpowered, and unimpressive. And yet, it might one day not be.
How Dare You People: Joel Osteen and the Nashville Statement
You people are really disappointing both Joel Osteen and the authors of the Nashville Statement. You are going to need to fix that if you want to be back in their good graces.
Mitch Albom Is Offended By… Well… Everything
Mitch Albom is very, very offended about these kids today, especially about how offended they get, but also because they do not want to die when they eat food, and also because they have safe sex, oh, and also because…
Bop Or Not: Kesha’s “Woman”
Kesha’s “Woman” is a furiously hot track, but does it rise to the level of Bop?
George Romero Made A Perfect Movie
George Romero has died. His contributions, like his beloved monsters, have not.
Ross Douthat Reads Them For The Articles
Naked people in pornography and naked people in media are two very different types of naked people, implies Ross Douthat routinely.
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