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BuzzFeed brought some incredibly important journalism to the world this spring—they ran the numbers on how much money Joey owed Chandler on the hit sitcom Friends. Though the final tally of $114,260 is far-removed from reality, most things involvin...

Making Ends Meet in the World Of Sitcoms

BuzzFeed brought some incredibly important journalism to the world this spring—they ran the numbers on how much money Joey owed Chandler on the hit sitcom Friends. Though the final tally of $114,260 is far-removed from reality, most things involvin...

In urban spaces, art is everywhere, from hastily executed graffiti on walls and bridges to prominent full-wall murals. Urban art is part of a city’s character, a signature of urban life and, depending on the circumstances, of urban vibrancy or deca...

Art On the Streets

In urban spaces, art is everywhere, from hastily executed graffiti on walls and bridges to prominent full-wall murals. Urban art is part of a city’s character, a signature of urban life and, depending on the circumstances, of urban vibrancy or deca...

In releasing his new album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” Kendrick Lamar topped off a year of political and racial turmoil with an appropriately radical, incisive work of art. The album weaves together personal narratives with political thought on issues...

Hip-Hop is Political Again

In releasing his new album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” Kendrick Lamar topped off a year of political and racial turmoil with an appropriately radical, incisive work of art. The album weaves together personal narratives with political thought on issues...

Amtrak has long been a political lightning rod. Founded in 1971 as a way for the government to subsidize America’s declining railways, the quasi-corporation, quasi-government entity has recently drawn attention not for its hemorrhaging of cash but ...

On the Rails: Tweets and Trains

Amtrak has long been a political lightning rod. Founded in 1971 as a way for the government to subsidize America’s declining railways, the quasi-corporation, quasi-government entity has recently drawn attention not for its hemorrhaging of cash but ...

This past week, MSBNC announced it would be canceling both the Reid Report and Ronan Farrow Daily, two of its daytime shows that had been attracting infinitesimal audiences as of late. The network, long viewed as a progressive alternative to Fox News...

Cable News in the Age of Millennials

This past week, MSBNC announced it would be canceling both the Reid Report and Ronan Farrow Daily, two of its daytime shows that had been attracting infinitesimal audiences as of late. The network, long viewed as a progressive alternative to Fox News...

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the Supreme Court, the same Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of such cases as Roe V. Wade, United States V. Nixon, and Furman V. Georgia, once passed supreme judgment on breasts. Specifically, those of Ann Margaret Tay...

A More Perfect Censor: Self-Censorship in Film

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the Supreme Court, the same Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of such cases as Roe V. Wade, United States V. Nixon, and Furman V. Georgia, once passed supreme judgment on breasts. Specifically, those of Ann Margaret Tay...

ABC’s Bob Woodruff is one of the few American journalists who has been allowed inside North Korean borders. He has been to the country a total of five times, most recently in 2013 to report on national celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of th...

Art as Power in North Korea

ABC’s Bob Woodruff is one of the few American journalists who has been allowed inside North Korean borders. He has been to the country a total of five times, most recently in 2013 to report on national celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of th...