The Signal (Page 35)

Jun. 10, 2021 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Say What

What’s happening with the liberal commitment to free speech in the United States? Dan Savage on the risks and urgency of maintaining an open society.

10 minute read

Jun. 09, 2021 | Michael Bluhm

The New Marauders

What’s behind recent ransomware attacks on critical U.S. industries? Dmitri Alperovitch on kingpins, safe havens, and large transactions.

10 minute read

Jun. 08, 2021 | David Kusnet & Graham Vyse

Men of the People

How is Joe Biden’s populist rhetoric competing with Donald Trump’s? David Kusnet on the war of words for the hearts and minds of working-class Americans.

9 minute read

Jun. 07, 2021 | Michael Bluhm

Never Thought I’d See You Here

How did far-right, centrist, leftist, and Arab parties form a new governing coalition in Israel? Hussein Ibish on political calculations, patronage, and a post-Netanyahu Israel.

12 minute read

Jun. 04, 2021 | Graham Vyse

Never Surrender

Where is right-wing media in the U.S. going now that the Trump presidency is over? Brian Rosenwald on the new heroes, villains, and plotlines of a long-running reality soap opera.

13 minute read

Jun. 03, 2021 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Reservations

Is America going through a sexual counterrevolution? Default Friend on an emerging aversion to “sex positivity.”

7 minute read

Jun. 01, 2021 | Graham Vyse

‘Twitter Is the Consensus’

How does the popular social-media platform shape American journalism? Yair Rosenberg on gatekeeping and groupthink in the news business.

13 minute read

May. 31, 2021 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Power and Glory

Does religion now belong to the right in U.S. politics? Matthew Sitman on Joe Biden’s Catholicism and the broad potential of religious tradition in American democracy.

11 minute read