As the world burns, gift guides proliferate
For the holiday season, tastemakers dispense a potent fantasy: the fleeting escapism of finding the perfect present
Better living through anarchy: Tracking the rise of the temporary autonomous zone
As calls to abolish the police amplify and protest zones evolve into self-governing communities, it’s clear that Americans are fed up with the current system....
Caroline Calloway is the unlikely antihero of the corona era
Come for the chaos, stay for the charity: the art of spinning personal scandal into media gold
Virgil Abloh and Grace Wales Bonner imagine their ideal cities
Hans Ulrich Obrist asked Virgil Abloh, Grace Wales Bonner, Arthur Jafa, Torkwase Dyson, and Francis Kéré to describe their ideal metropolis at Design Miami/.
And now, a geographic breakdown of America’s sexism
A new survey on sexist attitudes across the U.S. analyzes misogyny's economic toll.
Science attempts to explain why the rich and powerful often behave like swine
Cheating, stealing, lying, and environmental disrespect are habits shared most exclusively to the wealthiest social groups, according to new research.
Most of the female writers you know have experienced sexual harassment
A survey conducted by Writer’s Guild of America West says that sixty-four percent of female writers have experienced sexual harassment at least once in their...
Another well-researched blow to the moral panic surrounding same-sex parenting
A quarter of a decade since the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study began researchers can finally reveal that good parenting has nothing to do with sexuality.
The man in the hole emerges
Footage of the world's most isolated man, who has lived in a hole in the Brazilian jungle since the eradication of his tribe, was captured...
The millennials of the world have had enough of big business
A recent survey of millennials and members of Gen Z across six countries has revealed a totally reasonable and widespread mistrust of those leading the...
Same-sex marriage has opened doors to healthcare for gay men
In the first study of its kind, researchers have found a direct correlation between increased access to healthcare and the legalization of same-sex marriages.
Parks and wreck: New York City’s crumbling public infrastructure
A new body of research from the Center for an Urban Future paints a bleak picture for the state of the city's most treasured green...
The 68.5 million people running from war and crisis globally is now the highest on record
According to the latest report by the U.N.'s Refugee Agency, every two seconds a person is displaced somewhere on the planet.
Facing the future with some of activism’s newest faces
Thousands of teens from across the country descended upon #TurnUp, an activism summit hosted by The New School this past weekend to make clear that...
Millennial men are going to new extremes to reach their fitness goals
A new survey claims that over 90 percent of millennial males have altered their lifestyle in a bid for a buff body in what could...
Social modesty is behavioral science’s latest obsession
They've even coined a term, "signal-burying," to explain why humans opt to play down their interests and good deeds.
With Harvey Weinstein in handcuffs, New York updates its sexual harassment laws
As the fallen mogul faces charges for rape and sexual assault, New York announced a slew of new policies to address sexual harassment in the...
In a world of media-driven paranoia, perhaps doomsday prepping isn’t that crazy?
According to one researcher who spoke with survivalists in 18 states across the U.S., it's actually a natural response to a media environment of constant...
It took six months and 18 sexual assault allegations for the Swedish Academy to confront its own #MeToo crisis
The elite body responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature is handling its own sexual misconduct crisis more poorly than you could imagine.
Culture can cure cities, but it can plague them, too
Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs have created the first cultural analytics report linking culture capital with urban growth—and gentrification.
First memorial to victims of racial terror opens in Alabama
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice makes steps to right the wrongs of the American South.
The costs of trying to touch the sky
The question of building skyscrapers in dense urban areas is one we should be asking.
“What is an artist’s responsibility?” Introducing Document S/S 2018
With the release of Document No. 12, our Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director Nick Vogelson looks at how the changing of the artist's role in culture...
Five excerpts from the hunky and demonic Y.A. remake of Dorian Gray
'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.'
The Oxford English Dictionary essentially created a new word for gender nonconformity
Trans* can be pronounced three different ways and represents up to four different gender variances.
North Korea is waging a war against its most precious pastime: karaoke
Kim Jong-un's government is seizing all "anti-socialist" sing-along machines.
Why are the attacks on the march for our lives so laughable?
Conservative America is in a panic.
A New York City bill aims to protect a worker’s right to ‘disconnect’
A bill filed by City Councilman Rafael L. Espinal would require companies with more than ten employees to refrain from off-hour communications.
Is Germaine Greer’s clear-eyed approach to #MeToo actually controversial?
The prominent feminist author of 'The Female Eunuch' is thought to be against the #MeToo movement, yet a close reading of her words portrays an...
The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City
The stately painter, whose attentive personality flourished in the underground of 1970s New York, tells Document the stories behind the stories of his collected journals,...
Taking back New York City’s nightlife
NYC is finally free to dance without fear of crackdown again with the repeal of New York’s 91-year-old Cabaret Law.
The Energy of a New Moment
As the chaos of 2017 gives way to a new year, Document asked a number of artists, writers, musicians, and designers to sum up an...
Museums are gradually practicing the art of embracing women’s stories
Museums in the UK are removing stereotypical representations of the female form and replacing them with stories of female empowerment
The Vatican is looking to capitalize on Andy Warhol’s closeted Catholicism
A retrospective of the artist's "spiritual works" will be featured in a joint exhibition by the Vatican and The Andy Warhol Museum in 2019
