A virtual roundtable on wokeism, AI, Israel, and much more, featuring Parker Molloy, Sean Monahan, Katherine Dee, and six other outspoken voices in media.

Mano Sundaresan, Rob Harvilla, Danyel Smith, Robert Christgau and more on the future of media’s most endangered form.

Kushner—who cowrote the screenplay for Spielberg’s controversial, eerily prescient film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—recalls telling the director, “You do understand that we’re going to get ...

As looksmaxxing enters our lexicon, the practice of bonesmashing—tapping your face with a hammer to shape your bone structure—is trailing close behind.

In college I developed an extreme body dysmorphia around my hairline. It took countless transplant consultations—and public confessions—to come out the other side.

The 26-year-old is facing up to 15 years in federal prison after protesting ICE in her home city.

“Everything we’ve covered is coming to a head with the Trump administration in a very weird way,” says Liz Franczak, one third of the cult podcast.

In a polarized culture that demands balding men pick a side, opting for the follicular middle ground is a refreshing act of honesty.

More and more older Americans are dying by gun suicide—especially white men, whose rates far outpace other groups, a new analysis from The Trace and GQ reveals. “He maybe didn't know how to tell us that things were getting to be too much for him,” says one family member. “I think my brother was in a lot of pain.”

More and more older Americans are dying by firearm suicide, a new analysis from The Trace and GQ reveals. Older white men and those in rural areas experience alarmingly high rates.

He’s an arena-filling Nashville outsider who wrote a Black Lives Matter anthem and put a gay love story in a music video. Now, fresh off a pilgrimage to India, he's releasing his spiritual and artisti...

An anti-porn backlash is in full swing. The Supreme Court might supercharge it.

The 38-year-old comedian started his YouTube series ‘The Adam Friedland Show’ mostly as a joke. But in the wake of an election that podcasters helped swing in Donald Trump’s favor, he’s fielding inter...

She’s a lefty 26-year-old internet star. Her primary opponent is 80 and has held office since 1999. Inside a race for Congress that could help revive a doddering Democratic Party.

She’s a lefty 26-year-old internet star. Her primary opponent is 80 and has held office since 1999. Inside a race for Congress that could help revive a doddering Democratic Party.

Vince Mancini asks why the guys who once fantasized about infiltrating secret Vietcong prison camps are now dreaming up reasons to unleash their YouTube weapons training on the mean streets of Lincoln...

The ‘Abundance’ co-author finds it impossible to have strong opinions about AI.

Edith here. For the next installment of my newish illustrated column here on Kottke dot org, I talked to my friend Nick Catucci. Nick edits the excellent newsletter Embedded, which partially inspired me to start this c

The writer-comedian is a beneficiary of Spotify privilege.