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September 2, 2013
The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities

After 9/11, the NYPD built in effect its own CIA�and its Demographics Unit delved deeper into the lives of citizens than did the NSA.

August 12, 2013
Cory Booker Has 280,000 Constituents. And 1.4 Million Followers.

On the campaign trail with the mayor of the Internet, now New Jersey’s senator-in-waiting.

August 12, 2013
Up, Up, and Away!

At the Draper University of Heroes, tech-world hopefuls are taught to think big, bold, and purposeful�to dream in order to walk. Only then will they be prepared for Silicon Valley’s more mundane reality.

July 29, 2013
The One-Paragraph Memoirs

Public sex, sexting, wedding nights, and more.

July 29, 2013
A Brief History of Revenge Porn

A few years ago, having your compromising photos fall into the wrong hands was a nightmare scenario. Now it’s a genre.

July 29, 2013
Backdoor Teen Mom: Sex Tape or Porno?

�I’m celebrating my body, and I’m celebrating my feminine side.�

July 29, 2013
The Evolution of the Hook-Up App

The Evolution of the Hook-Up App Since 1960

July 29, 2013
The Blip

What if everything we’ve come to think of as American is predicated on a freak coincidence of economic history? And what if that coincidence has run its course?

July 29, 2013
Anarchists of the House

The Republican Congress is testing a new frontier of radicalism�governmental sabotage.

July 29, 2013
The Turn-On Switch

Fetish theory, post-Freud.