Janelle Monáe has been gerrymandered. Back when Atlanta’s Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was running for office in 2017, last-minute changes to where she qualified to vote kept her from casting a ballot for Bottoms. Stacey Abrams‘ widely contested gubernatorial race against Brian Kemp a year later proved triggering for Monáe …
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There’s a lie at the heart of Rodd Rathjen’s Buoyancy, and that lie is freedom. It’s a fantasy spun by capital: that a boy might be free to leave his family, forego the confined and overdetermined life of an uncompensated worker living under the thumb of his father, to make …
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The unfounded rumors that “antifa” are responsible for the wildfires in California and Oregon appears to stem from posts on Twitter and Facebook, alleging that members of a loosely connected network of anti-fascist protesters had come to the small town of Molalla, Oregon to commit arson. They were bolstered by …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Apple’s MacBook Pro has earned a reputation as one of the best laptops you can get because it offers a balance of powerful internal hardware inside a well-designed …
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President Trump deliberately downplayed the severity of the coronavirus despite knowing in early February that the virus was “deadly.” according to a new book from Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” he told Woodward on March 19th, according to audio obtained by CNN. “I still like playing …
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New Order released “Be a Rebel” this morning. It’s their first new song since 2015’s Music Complete. “In tough times we wanted to reach out with a new song,” frontman Bernard Sumner said in a statement. “We can’t play live for a while, but music is still something we can …
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Billy Joel has pushed his postponed monthly shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden to start again in the fall of 2021. The singer initially postponed his spring residency dates to start in the fall of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic; with Covid still making indoor concerts impossible, Joel …
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Comedian Pauly Shore recounts his first-ever stand-up show, the creation of his character “the Weasel” and more in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. Shore’s next project, Guest House, hits on-demand services Friday, September 4th. In the film, Shore plays a squatter who refuses to move out …
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Finneas has released a new song and music video titled “What They’ll Say About Us,” an anthem dedicated to the past few months of sweeping social change and protests for racial justice in the United States while much of the country is in lockdown. “I wrote this song in June …
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In late July, Garth Brooks held a superfluous press conference to make a proclamation. Having successfully set the record for most CMA Entertainer of the Year wins with seven, Brooks, at his humblebraggiest, was stepping away to allow someone else a shot at the title. He caught a lot of …
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