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This article is a recap of Black Mirror’s season four episode “USS Callister.” It contains spoilers and discussion regarding the episode’s plot. “USS Callister” is maybe the most hopeful Black Mirror episode this side of “San Junipero.” The premise: Everybody will be happier after white men die. The white men who are good will bravely sacrifice ourselves so that the people of color and…
Above: Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood, a vibrant arts and entertainment district attracted a rash of Nazi-inspired graffiti in February. Residents and business owners also awoke during that time to find the area leafleted with recruitment fliers that proclaimed, “Diversity is a code word for white genocide.” By NOELLE CROMBIE and SHANE DIXON KAVANAUGH The Oregonian |…
Time, as they say, makes fools of us all. Others might say that so too does an animatronic facsimile of the 45th President of the United States. On Wednesday, actor and comedian Jay Malsky shared a video of his recent visit to Walt Disney World in Florida, where he attended the theme park’s “Hall of…
Court documents filed in the US have revealed the editorial concerns of the publisher Simon & Schuster about the manuscript of the “alt-right” controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos’s autobiography Dangerous. Having reportedly secured the book for an advance of $255,000 (£200,000), Simon & Schuster cancelled the deal in February after a recording emerged that appeared to show…
close story-meta Roy Moore addressing supporters at a rally in Midland City, Ala., a day before the Dec. 12 Senate election. Credit Audra Melton for The New York Times MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama officials on Thursday unhesitatingly pushed aside a legal challenge from Roy S. Moore and certified Doug Jones as the winner of this…
Image via Getty The political tell-all has become a lucrative option for former politicians, hacks, and hangers-on who wish to turn onetime proximity to power into a big payday. In just the last year, Barack and Michelle Obama inked a post-White House joint memoir deal that included a reported $65 million advance, and Hillary Clinton…
A silly social video by Vanity Fair that suggested New Year’s resolutions for Hillary Clinton drew harsh backlash from #Resistance Twitter myrmidons who can’t take a joke, sparking a faux scandal dumb enough to neatly encapsulate social media in 2017. The mind-numbing episode began on December 23 with a 63-second clip, the type of cheap,…
Screengrab from The Post trailer The Post, the new Steven Spielberg film out at midnight, has been sold as a parable for our own dark political times. Tracing The Washington Post’s 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers, the movie portrays heroic media figures fighting to get the truth out in the face of a corrupt…
close story-meta Police recruits being sworn in at Madison Square Garden in October. Crime in New York City has declined for 27 straight years, even as police officers use less deadly force and make fewer arrests. Credit Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245…
This summer, Ozy.com, a news site that’s raised more than $35 million in funding from high-profile investors, published a group of articles in an ongoing series about how companies and entrepreneurs are trying to be a positive force in their communities. The content was created as part of a partnership with JPMorgan Chase, whose logo…