Skip Navigation
November 25, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump just destroyed some poor guy named Karl.
November 18, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Elena Ferrante isn't on Twitter but she totally should be.
November 4, 2015
Jacob Silverman
How Monopoly Capitalism Is Ruining Twitter
The social network's rigid simplicity has been a liability from the beginning.
November 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why I Heart the Twitter Heart
The social network's new icon will enlarge our emotional vocabulary
October 27, 2015
Ken Roth
How Twitter Helps Fight Human Rights Abuse
The director of Human Rights Watch on how social media enables many to spotlight abuse
October 1, 2015
Navneet Alang
140 Characters Are More Than Enough
Allowing longer tweets will grind Twitter to a halt
September 23, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Donald Trump Has an Answer for America's Cluelessness
September 22, 2015
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 5: It’s a Good Time to Be a Black Thinker
August 24, 2015
Navneet Alang
How to Escape the Public Internet
July 13, 2015
Brian Beutler
Scott Walker Is the Most Boring Presidential Candidate Ever
July 10, 2015
Laura Marsh
The Secrets of the Goldman Sachs Elevator Are Better Left to Twitter
July 2, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Guacamole Is Just an Appetizer. America’s Pea Lobby Has Crazier Plans.
June 17, 2015
Navneet Alang
Why Twitter Is the Perfect Platform to Debate Rachel Dolezal
May 21, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Won't Twitter Forgive Suey Park?
From trending to torment and back again
April 12, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
A History of the Hot Take
April 3, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
How Will Hillary Break the Internet?
By announcing her candidacy with these hip technologies
January 12, 2015
Jessica Schulberg
How Deep Did the Apparent ISIS Hack of the U.S. Military's Twitter Go?
January 9, 2015
Phil Hartup
I Was Once a Racist, Sexist Jerk. Thank God I Didn't Have Twitter.
January 5, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Undersharing on Facebook Has Become a Bigger Crime Than Oversharing
December 16, 2014
Theodore R. Johnson
Don't Let "Black Lives Matter" Become Another Ice Bucket Challenge

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Edith OlmstedBreaking News
Hafiz RashidBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history