‘Altered Carbon’ Director Miguel Sapochnik on His Influences, Imagining the Future, and ‘Blade Runner’ [Interview]

Over the past few years, Miguel Sapochnik has been directing some of the most exciting episodes on television. Sapochnik’s Game of Thrones episodes, “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards,” are unforgettable and earned him a well-deserved Emmy. Before returning for the final season of that HBO series, the director (who has also helmed episodes of House and True Detective) worked on one […]

Imagining an Economy Without Women

In 1908, 15,000 female garment workers marched through New York demanding shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights. More than 100 years later—on what has been dubbed International Women’s Day in remembrance of such protests—women across the U.S. are striking in a walkout called “A Day Without a Woman.” Wednesday’s  protest, organized by Women’s March […]

Imagining a World Without NAFTA

Within his first 100 days in office, President Trump has vowed to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. We don’t know what form it will take, but one thing is certain: Many of America’s key production zones, which rely heavily upon strong trade links with Canada and Mexico, are at risk. Inspired by the […]