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  1. culture wars
    Gina Carano and Elon Musk Team Up Against Disney and LucasfilmThese two think they’re the scrappy underdogs in this free-speech fight.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  2. power
    ‘Things Got Really Scary Really Fast During Pride Month’Three Target employees on being harassed and threatened by customers.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  3. into it
    Yellowstone’s Brand of White Grievance Is Free-Range and OrganicA talk with Tressie McMillan Cottom about the blockbuster show’s soft politics, and whether Taylor Sheridan is “the white person’s Tyler Perry.”
    By Sam Sanders
  4. culture wars
    Mother Outraged Her Biracial Son Has Learned to Identify RacismMelissa Riley tried to sue her son’s middle school for teaching him about inequality.
    By Danielle Cohen
  5. gone viral
    What Happened at Carmine’sA confrontation between a host and dining patrons slid neatly into every outrage narrative of 2021. Maybe a bit too neatly.
    By Bridget Read
  6. past is prologue
    American Politics Is Back to the FutureCrime, inflation, parental rights in schools aren’t new issues at all, but a blast from the Republican revival of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. republicans
    Mark Robinson Exposes the GOP’s Problem With Its BaseThe North Carolina lieutenant governor’s extreme culture-war positions may excite the MAGA faithful, but they’re broadly unpopular.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. culture wars
    Critical Race Theory Might Actually Save UsDon’t think of it as a theoretical exercise in the classroom or in the courts. Consider it the reality check our democracy needs in order to survive.
    By Brittney Cooper
  9. culture wars
    You Don’t Have to Be Woke to Dislike Anti-Woke DemocratsJames Carville’s surface-level analysis of Louisiana politics is the 2021 version of “hippie punching.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. lgbtq rights
    Texas Republicans Fighting to Protect Chick-fil-A’s Right to DiscriminateIn a mostly symbolic fight between equality and “religious liberty,” Republicans stand up for the Evangelical chicken purveyor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. centrism
    Democrats Aren’t Cultural ‘Extremists,’ They’ve Moved With the CountryRoss Douthat is wrong: Republicans are the ones who have abandoned “cultural centrism.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. campus controversies
    Is a Professor Getting Railroaded for Questioning Social-Justice Dogma?Peter Boghossian claims his university is only investigating him because it is politically hostile to his research. The truth is more complicated.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. culture wars
    This New Gotti Ad Calls Critics ‘Trolls Behind a Keyboard’The bad reviews are fake news!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  14. culture wars
    Dannon Yogurt Drops Spokesperson Cam NewtonThey’ve yet to comment on Jourdan Rodrigue’s racist tweets.
    By Leah Rodriguez
  15. microaggressions
    How Microaggression Training Could Be Harming Minority StudentsSometimes, a psychological idea moves from the drawing board to applied settings a bit too quickly. It might be time to slow down.
    By Jesse Singal
  16. select all
    Why the Video-Game Culture Wars Won’t Die, Two Years After GamergateVideo-game culture warriors have a different, more fraught relationship to their hobby than other people do.
    By Jesse Singal
  17. Fragile Conservatives Are Upset That a Woman Blocked Them on TwitterA new article takes a creepily close look at who Lindy West is blocking.
    By Jesse Singal
  18. select all
    Why a Video of Someone Playing ‘Doom’ (Poorly) Became a Culture-War IssueThose damn social-justice warriors need to learn how to strafe and shoot at the same time.
    By Jesse Singal
  19. antonin scalia
    Law Students ‘Traumatized’ by Anti-Scalia Email“All we can do, really, is convey our solidarity with our wonderful students. We share your pain. We share your anger. We stand with you. You are not alone. Be strong as Justice Scalia was strong.”
    By Jesse Singal
  20. culture wars
    How the Fight Over Transgender Kids Got a Leading Sex Researcher FiredA transgender-politics maelstrom north of the border.
    By Jesse Singal
  21. babymakers
    Gay Men and Christian Wombs: Surrogacy’s New FrontierMeet the red-state women carrying blue-state babies for gay men.
    By Rachel R. White
  22. culture wars
    Brinker’s Way: Behind the Pseudo-Exit of the Komen Foundation’s FounderNancy Brinker is still in charge of the women’s health organization, despite a move to the executive committee.
    By Lea Goldman
  23. Culture Wars
    Is Esquire’s ‘Best New York Restaurants’ List Out ofIt’s all French, Italian, and (with the exception of Osteria Morini), above 28th Street. What gives?
    By Jenny Miller
  24. culture wars
    Warhol Foundation Threatens to Cut Smithsonian FundingBecause, unlike Boehner, the Warhol Foundation actually paid for it.
    By Mike Vilensky
  25. tell us what you really think
    Old-Time Brooklynite Hopes Hipsters Choke on Williamsburg-Themed Cigarettes“I hope all these kids buy them, smoke them, and get cancer.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. culture wars
    The BBC Smotherer Has Been Arrested for MurderHere we go …
    By Dan Amira
  27. culture wars
    Bill O’Reilly Surprisingly Constrained About California Schools’ Cross-dressing Video for KidsIs Bill O’Reilly softening up or does he just appreciate cross-dressing?
    By Lindsay Robertson