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music Watch a pre-Alice In Chains, glam rock Layne Stayley go off about the PMRC on Seattle television (1985) David Pescovitz

MAGA cultists Mehmet Oz attacks John Fetterman for seeking to end decades of racist imprisonment policies Mark Frauenfelder

MTV How Beavis and Butt-Head helped the metal genre stay afloat in the 90s Devin Nealy

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

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snowboarding Skiers vs. snowboarders in 1985 Rob Beschizza

music Lil Nas X and the history of gay hip-hop Devin Nealy

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow

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elections "Free market" conservatives, aghast at Big Tech's hostility, become overnight Roosevelt-style trustbusters Cory Doctorow

censorship Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra interviewed during his 1987 obscenity trial Mark Frauenfelder

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Sex The millennials are all right, and so are their sex games Laura Hudson

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