The Awl

The Awl is a New York City-based website, established in early 2009. All day each weekday, discussion of the issues of the day—politics, culture (including even television) and ideas—takes place in both short and long form. Its editorial focus is not particularly hemmed in, as it is guided by the interests of its writers and editors. They do enjoy a good video of a bear running amok as much as they do London mayoral politics. (And when the two meet? Heaven!) In the end, however, they return most frequently to New York City and its self-centered, all-consuming industries: media and publishing, finance and real estate, politics and capitalism and gamesmanship.