Matt Hartman is a writer from Durham, North Carolina.
Kevin Costner’s ’90s blockbusters Waterworld and The Postman could have been compelling portraits of impending dystopias. Instead, they sucked. And they sucked in a way that indicates exactly why their dystopias might yet come true.
Coronavirus is colliding with American mass incarceration, making clear that warehousing human beings en masse is an often deadly decision. We should use this crisis to push for decarceration.
Ending the racist prison system begins with telling the truth about its injustices.
Real-estate companies are shamelessly converting public spaces into their own personal brands.