What ‘don’t drop the soap’ gets wrong
just because someone has committed a crime doesn’t mean they’ve forfeited all their morals and values, and just because someone has been labelled a criminal doesn’t mean they can’t also…
Printing Money: The Economics of Small Press
We’re obviously in a really strange time for the arts in general: you’ve got a crap economy, everything costs more money, arts funding has dried up, and nobody has a…
Susanna Clarke: ‘I had been ill for 11 years. I felt like I was about to fall off the world’
One hundred years after Virginia Woolf explored the limitations of language in On Being Ill, the Piranesi author reflects on the power of storytelling to shape our experience of sickness
Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
Solar power is the fastest-growing source of electricity in the U.S., according to Climate Central, an environmental nonprofit. There is currently enough solar installed in the U.S. to power about…
Scientific American Union Holds Rally After Layoffs and Springer Nature’s Sale of Historic Science Publication; Demand Recognition from New Owners LabX
NEW YORK (July 1, 2026) – Workers at Scientific American, represented by the Writers Guild of America East, held a rally yesterday, June 30, following Springer Nature’s decision to sell the publication and immediately lay off staff. The 180-year-old science publication known…
They Welcomed 37 Data Centers to Town. Now Their Schools Have to Dim the Lights to Cut Energy Costs
Henrico’s problem is now the problem facing communities across the country: Data centers can make local budgets richer while making the regional power system more expensive to run. The next…
The ‘Guerrilla Solar’ Era Has Arrived, and Here’s What to Know
Plug-in solar provides the opportunity for more people to invest in the clean energy transition, experts say.
Maddie’s Secret: John Early’s pastiche of after-school specials mixes belly laughs with gut punches.
When Maddie’s Secret premiered at TIFF last year, it was shrouded in secrecy. Marking the directorial debut of actor and comedian John Early (who also stars and wrote the screenplay),…
Warren police block release of records showing alleged brutality of man in crisis
The Warren Police Department is refusing to release public records to Metro Times, including video footage that shows cops allegedly beating a man with a mental health emergency. Christopher Gibson,…
The rise of the slopagandist
Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.