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Peter Thiel
August 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
Cultural Warlord Trump Goes on the Offensive
As Trump signs his trans ban, the fantasy that he would sideline cultural strife is officially dead.
August 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Peter Thiel is showing Trump a thing or two about disloyalty.
June 23, 2017
Clio Chang
What Killed Gawker? Maybe It Was Capitalism.
A new Netflix documentary about the Gawker-Hulk Hogan trial explores the larger forces that have upended the media industry.
June 8, 2017
Magazine
Colin Dickey
The New Paranoia
Democrats have always prided themselves on being a voice of political sanity. So why has Trump's election turned the left into a breeding ground for conspiracy theories?
May 29, 2017
Magazine
Rachel Riederer
Libertarians Seek a Home on the High Seas
The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.
January 18, 2017
Jo Livingstone
What Is Our Obsession With Young Blood?
Peter Thiel & Co. show that medical tech is magical thinking for our dark times.
December 8, 2016
Sarah Jones
The Year Silicon Valley Went Morally Bankrupt
Tech moguls want to remake the world, but in 2016 they behaved as if they owe us no explanation for their decisions.
November 10, 2016
Graham Vyse
A white nationalist sympathizer may well run the White House.
October 31, 2016
Sarah Jones
Peter Thiel and Donald Trump are equally delusional.
September 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is this Donald Trump’s worst idea?
August 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
What Were Blogs?
The demise of Gawker.com also marks the end of the utopian promise of blogging. Here's what killed them.
August 18, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
RIP, Gawker.
August 1, 2016
Clio Chang
Is Peter Thiel a vampire?
July 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
The fourth and final day of the RNC has been surprisingly liberal.
July 21, 2016
Clio Chang
The final night of the RNC will be all about the Trumps.
May 27, 2016
Jeet Heer
Peter Thiel’s Revenge Against Gawker Is Neither Justice Nor Philanthropy
May 27, 2016
David Dayen
Peter Thiel and the Rise of Casino Justice
The Gawker lawsuits reveal far more than a threat to free speech.
May 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is “Operation Mordor” the secret code name for Peter Thiel’s war against Gawker?
November 4, 2015
Jacob Silverman
How Monopoly Capitalism Is Ruining Twitter
The social network's rigid simplicity has been a liability from the beginning.
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