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The Sick World of Body Camera YouTube
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American Colonialism Lives on in Guam
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  The Sick World of Body Camera YouTube
  by Peter Monaghan Criminal Punishment
  
  Police body cameras were meant to hold officers accountable. On YouTube and beyond, they’ve become a wildly profitable form of human misery as entertainment. Read the article ›
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  It’s Time to Ban Prescription Drug Ads
  by Emily Topping Media
  
  The United States is one of the few countries that allow advertising to prescription drugs. It’s adding billions to our healthcare costs. Read the article ›
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  American Colonialism Lives on in Guam
  by Nathan Sledjeski
  
  U.S. military power has poisoned Guam’s waters, controlled its politics, and prevented its people from determining their own future. Read the article ›
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Articles in Culture & Politics (214)

How Should Values Influence Social Science Research?

July 10, 2020

Examining the difficult relationship between “politics” and scholarship.

by Nathan J. Robinson

What To Do Once We’ve Defunded The Police

July 09, 2020

One idea: give the freed-up monetary resources back to the people through participatory budgeting.

by Alexander Kolokotronis

What Gets Lost

July 09, 2020

Ciara Moloney revisits soaps and sitcoms lost to time, and the hyper-possessive rituals of copyright.

by Ciara Moloney

What’s New About Free College?

July 08, 2020

The fight over free education is much older than you think.

The Right-Wing Myth of the Left-Wing Mob

July 08, 2020

Trump is spreading delusions about a totalitarian “political correctness gone mad.” Nobody should help further this lie.

by Nathan J. Robinson

The Fake Nerd Boys of Silicon Valley

July 07, 2020

Managing Editor Lyta Gold on Star Trek, Silicon Valley’s lack of imagination, and the arrival of an unexpected future.

How Do We Actually Build Solidarity?

July 06, 2020

“Solidarity” is a word that gets thrown around a lot on the left. But what does it really mean? And how do we take it from a concept to reality?

by Samuel Miller McDonald

The “Fresh Hot Takes on Canada” Roundtable

July 03, 2020

In which the editors offend the entire nation of Canada, and Oren Nimni—internet heartthrob, anarchist, and Canadian citizen—finds himself defending the State.