It’s only appropriate for a decade defined by the steady mainstreaming of internet memes to end with one so powerful it may have changed a presidential campaign. In the last couple of years, the ...

Opinion Pepper Spray Cop Meme Walks Through Art History The pepper-spray cop from UC Davis, or Lt. John Pike, has become a meme, but not just any meme but one that is walking through art works of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a roundtable discussion hosted by Blavity in October, Sen. Kamala Harris briefly ...

It’s exciting to view the birth of a meme in the wild. Botticelli + Suzette Smith “Hey, I’m Photoshopping Pepper Spraying Cop onto The Birth of Venus, do I leave in his pepper spray can?” Over the ...

He sprayed Occupy movement protestors at the University of California, Davis with pepper spray last week. He seemed to do it nonchalantly. And now the country’s most notorious campus cop has become an ...

Over the weekend, peaceful student protesters at UC Davis were pepper-sprayed by a campus cop at point-blank range. Video of the incident went viral, prompting widespread outrage. UC Davis put their ...

There are many inexplicable videos online but it is truly special that Twitter can still come together and try to figure out what's happening in one, while quickly turning it into a meme. Featured ...