VICE
- Hanif Abdurraqib and Morgan Parker Chat Poetry and Blackness in America April 19, 2019The poets found time between their busy touring schedules to talk about 'Magical Negro,' the current wave of contemporary poetry, and how white salons still can't handle black hair.Nicole Clark
- This 'GoT'/'Sesame Street' Crossover Would Be Way Better if Elmo Killed a Guy April 19, 2019Stake your claim to the Iron Throne, you trusting Muppet fool.River Donaghey
Signs of the Times
- Top Mueller Report takeaways so far, and a few glaring omissions April 21, 2019Now that the redacted 448-page Mueller report has been released to the public, people on both sides of the aisle have been madly poring over the results of the special counsel's 22-month Russia probe. Prosecutors closely examined whether Donald Trump or members of his 2016 campaign conspired with Russia to release emails which were damaging […]
- Zizek-Peterson debate sets off meme war: 'Crustacean Jung v Cocaine Hegel' April 21, 2019In the wake of Saturday's debate between intellectual superstars Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson, an onslaught of mockery has appeared online satirizing the clash between the highly-memeable thinkers. Ticket prices reportedly went as high as $1,500, not for a game in the NBA playoffs, but to see these two prominent public intellectuals duke it out […]
News from Africa
- South Africa: 'We are a people for whom others have died' - Archbishop Thabo Makgoba April 20, 2019[UCT] Cape Town -It was a time of reflection for Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba as he addressed Humanities graduands on the final day of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) autumn graduation season.