Jeremy Ray Jewell
Journalist Cory Doctorow transforms what might be seen as a viral complaint into a theory of digital decay, tracing how the internet’s early architecture of openness curdled into a landscape of monopolized chokepoints.
As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice.” Rather than ask how progress ends, shouldn’t we be asking how progress bends?
The kinds of regulations Gary Marcus proposes, however well-intentioned they may be, would — in practice — only end up further disenfranchising the masses.
The Internet Archive’s struggles highlight the challenges faced by nonprofit organizations operating in a digital world dominated by commercial and geopolitical interests.
By Jeremy Ray Jewell Call it lofi or chillwave. Whatever it is, it’s worth it. Daisuke Endo, a.k.a. DE DE MOUSE, has released his new EP, Rainbowtime, in collaboration with fellow Japanese artist Shin-Ski. It is, as Endo describes it, based on “the theme of a world connected to fantasy during the magic time of…
Horse represents a victory lap (pun intended), a confident follow-up to the artist’s astonishing success with his self-release of Powderhorn Suites.
Beef‘s reflection on today’s growing outrage and extremism reveals a lot about class and inequality.
Projects such as Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium extricate the resilient voice of the people from the cacophony of current ideological intervention.
The banjo’s African relative makes its American debut via a new Smithsonian Folkways album.
Arts Commentary: These Goosesteps Don’t Lie — Shakira in El Salvador and the “New Security” Aesthetic
The artist is a glitzy ribbon that ties together incompatible images—the mega-prison and the megastar.
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