Watch the New Season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” If Only For This One Flashback
June is being tortured again!Sophie Giraud/Hulu Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.June is screwed. If you’re reading this and you’ve watched even a fraction of an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, you know that this cannot possibly…
The Oscar-Nominated Writers of Judas and the Black Messiah “Just Wanted to Make a Good Film for Fred”
Keith and Kenny Lucas, co-screenwriters of “Judas and the Black Messiah.”Desiree Navarro/WireImage/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In Judas and the Black Messiah, the life of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, a revolutionary socialist who was committed…
Yep, the Mother Jones Staff Has a Bunch to Say About “The Snyder Cut” Too
DC Entertainment/Entertainment Pictures/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The long-anticipated release of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League almost broke the internet last week. Clocking in at just over four hours, the new version of the…
Pharoahe Monch’s “Fight” Takes a Torch to the Moving Targets of American History
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On the morning after media outlets reported that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election, Pharoahe Monch tweeted a parting message to the dearly departing 45th president: “SIMON SAYS! GTF(OUT)!” The…
Disgraced Pundit Mark Halperin Resurfaces on Super-Trumpy Newsmax TV
Mark Halperin’s Focus Group Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Was anyone wondering what ever happened to Mark Halperin, the disgraced pundit who lost his MSNBC political analyst job, Showtime hosting gig, book deal, and miniseries deal…
The Ambient Escapism of Normal People’s Real Playlists For Imaginary Characters
Screenshot from Spotify For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After about eight episodes of Normal People I noticed that I had been looking up songs from the episodes more than I did with most shows. Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t alone. On Spotify, at least people 37,000 follow the Normal…