Disney Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him" Mark Frauenfelder

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

Funny The Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies, an interview with the founder David Pescovitz

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

books Strange Attractor: The Definitive Biography of Terence McKenna Ferdinando Buscema

Right to exist How Zionism went from a political philosophy to a loyalty test Jason Weisberger

gaming Of Floating Isles: gaming memoir explores identity and loss Ellsworth Toohey

mondo 2000 San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz David Pescovitz

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

FDA denies approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD Allan Rose Hill

education Harvard University will no longer issue official statements on public matters unrelated to its academic core Yoy Luadha

transgender Tarot expert, comic writer, and trans icon Rachel Pollack has passed away Thom Dunn

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

toys Day of the Dead Barbie gets a second edition Elías Villoro

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

censorship How Margaret Thatcher changed the Ninja Turtles Thom Dunn

Disney villains Rolling Stone blames Millennials for the 'Disney Adult' problem Jason Weisberger

media New York Times' editorial board: free speech is a "fundamental right" not to be "shamed" or "shunned" Rob Beschizza

russia Eurovision organizers say Russians can still sing at competition Thom Dunn

books Joan Didion, author and pioneering "New Journalist," RIP David Pescovitz