Malcolm Harris
The New York Times
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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What’s Scarier Than Student Loans? Welcome to the World of Subprime Children
Income share agreements sound like a better deal than today’s student loans, but what will they do to society? → Read More
Sky High Is the Only Good Superhero Movie
While “Captain Marvel” and “Avengers: Endgame” reign in theaters, a 2005 teen rom com shows a better way. → Read More
Indigenous Knowledge Has Been Warning Us About Climate Change for Centuries
Nishnaabeg scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson explains why "green growth" isn't enough to save the planet. → Read More
The Big Secret of Celebrity Wealth (Is That No One Knows Anything)
Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine and Chris Pratt are cumulatively worth $150 million, according to your Google results. Are they really? → Read More
Why David Brooks Should Stop Using the Word 'Tribe'
Brooks depends on a lazy and ignorant story about tribalism to bolster a specific myth about American exceptionalism. → Read More
The Singular Pursuit of Comrade Bezos – Member Feature Stories –
From a financial point of view, Amazon doesn’t behave much like a successful 21st-century company. Amazon has not bought back its own stock since 2012. Amazon has never offered its shareholders a… → Read More
The Costs of Being a Millennial
Adapting to the new economy has made young people drastically more worried and dissatisfied than their parents' generation. → Read More
Competition Is Ruining Childhood. The Kids Should Fight Back.
Unions aren’t just good for wage workers. Students can use collective bargaining, too. → Read More
The Crime Wave that Gave Anarchists a Bad Name
John Merriman's new book tells the story of a violent gang in nineteenth-century Paris. → Read More
The History of School Lunches
American school-lunch policy has always been at the mercy of broader ideological trends, from patriotic militarism to corporate neoliberalism. → Read More
Who Can Afford to Write Like John McPhee?
His new book is a fascinating guide to non-fiction. But today's economy makes it hard for many writers to replicate his success. → Read More
Why the Media Refuses to Understand Antifa
While establishment pundits fret over civility, the antifascist movement in America is working for peace. → Read More
Senator Sasse’s Guide to Being a Grown-Up
The parenting advice in "The Vanishing American Adult" is deceptively bipartisan. → Read More
Revolutionary Objects: The Surprising Origin of the Cell Phone
The technology has its roots in 1950s Soviet Russia. → Read More
Revolutionary Objects: The Woman Behind the World's First Bra
Although inventing the bra was barely an adolescent pit stop on Mary Phelps Jacobs' glamorous trajectory, it did suggest what she would get up to next. → Read More
Revolutionary Objects: The Real Story Behind the Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ruth Graves Wakefield, the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie, was something closer to the Martha Stewart of her day. → Read More
The Ku Klux Klan Used the Same Trolling Tactics as the Alt-Right
What a scholar of the KKK has to say about the alt-right. → Read More
Revolutionary Objects: The Transcontinental Railroad System That Almost Wasn't
Boats were, in fact, a proposed alternative solution. → Read More
Why do millennials keep leaking government secrets?
Institutional loyalty isn't what it used to be. → Read More
If Impeachment Stalls, Will Liberals Be Willing to Stop Trump?
Centrists scream "impeachment" and turn to the FBI—but they're too afraid to turn to the people. → Read More