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December 23, 2015
Will Leitch
Concussion: Mad as Hell, But Without Much to Fear
A generic hero weighs down the brutal exposure of the most important sports story of the last decade.
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
Richard Linklater’s new film looks like it should be called Brohood.
December 22, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Today in news of the weird.
December 22, 2015
Gabriel Snyder
New Republic: Best of 2015
December 22, 2015
Laura Reston
Victorian Christmas cards featured nightmarish snowmen, boiled children, and the occasional dead robin.
December 22, 2015
Abbie Nehring
Gun Culture’s Dazzling, Dangerous Firework Display
Exploding targets cause spectacular blasts and horrifying accidents. Can anyone regulate them?
December 22, 2015
Tim Grierson
The Revenant: Man Vs. Wild
Once boyish, now bearded, Leonardo DiCaprio taps into a gripping, primal urgency in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival film.
December 22, 2015
Mako Nozu, Brian Thompson
Why Is Japan So Obsessed With Moss?
Two academics explain the rationale behind the country's latest craze.
December 22, 2015
Jamil Smith
Is R. Kelly’s new album tanking because he allegedly preyed on young girls? Don’t ask him.
December 21, 2015
Esther Breger
President Obama reminds us what a cool guy he is by appearing on a Jerry Seinfeld show.
December 21, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
May we all have as good of friends as F. Scott Fitzgerald did.
December 21, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Neil deGrasse Tyson is being a real buzzkill about Star Wars.
December 21, 2015
Steven Cohen
A burning question in Colombia: Who the hell is this Steve Harvey guy anyway?
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Force Awakens obliterated all of the box office records it was supposed to obliterate.
December 21, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Game of Thrones will possibly have less rape next season, but not too much less rape.
December 21, 2015
Esther Breger
J.K. Rowling loves black Hermione, but has yet to address The Cursed Child’s actually scandalous casting decision.
December 21, 2015
Alex Shephard
Amazon Dominated Nearly Everything This Year
With $100 billion in revenue in sight, Amazon’s terrifying logistical takeover of the world may soon be complete.
December 21, 2015
Will Leitch
The Hateful Eight: Hell Is Other People
Eight unusually chatty archetypes are stuck in a room in Quentin Tarantino’s slack western.
December 20, 2015
Michelle Legro
Print isn’t dead—thanks to adult coloring books and YouTube stars.
December 18, 2015
Elaine Teng
Europe’s top soccer clubs may soon be embroiled in the growing FIFA scandal.

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