"Though it is replete with check cashers, pawn shops and other “alternative lenders” profiting off the fact that poor communities of color generally have difficulty accessing their own money, the Bronx was already severely underbanked _...Read More_

"Work injuries suffered on the factory line are rarely mentioned in academic accounts of trauma, whether from a literary or a historical point of view. In fact, industrial forms of working-class injury are largely ignored by the literature _...Read More_

"The Czech writer’s darkly humorous novel, published in 1936, anticipated our current reality with eerie accuracy."

"A conversation on fashion, desire and capitalism. "

"At the bottom is a line of fine print: “You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic."

"Radical game designer Paolo Pedercini on what video games can teach us about capitalism — and socialism."

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"After more than a decade traversing Europe, Balenciaga's provocative creative director is producing some of the most creative and fashion of our era."

Spoilers in the review but I highly recommend reading Elvia Wilk’s new dystopic sci-fi novel set in what feels like a not-so-distant future Berlin.