IRL
To onlookers, it looked like the Internet, having been brought to life for a day, decided to spend it playing capture the flag in the country’s oldest public park.
Jacob Siegel is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He was an author and editor of Fire and Forget: Short Stories From the Long War, the first anthology of fiction written by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Follow him at @Jacob__Siegel.
What’s In A Name?
Is calling the alt-right by its preferred name capitulation? Maybe. But we should also recognize that while white supremacist, it’s not quite the same thing as the neo-Nazis.
Controlled Demolition
A space that once dedicated itself to aiding the progressive community takes a very dark turn.
‘OCTOBER SURPRISE’
From inside the Ecuadorian embassy, the proponent of radical transparency has worked out a playbook for exposing secrets to influence elections.
BEYOND THE VOID
He wrote books of poetry, won a chestful of medals, helped inspire Pulp Fiction—and loved a good bathroom joke. Meet First Sergeant Charles Willeford.
Tough Talk
Or are they just messaging to Obama that they’ve had enough with his non-policy?
Joke’s On Who?
4chan’s trolling culture didn’t just birth Guy Fawkes hacktivism—it also inspired the racist and neo-fascist sites where the Charleston terrorist lurked.
Internet Trail
Meet the intrepid writers who unearthed the alleged Charleston shooter’s racist manifesto and disturbing photos—a discovery that could blow apart any insanity plea.
Ghouls
While most humans with hearts mourned the church massacre, the trolls of a racist subreddit worried about how the killings would make them look in the ‘Jew-owned media.’
Chapter 11
The company that armed generations of American soldiers has filed for bankruptcy.