In the late '90s, the future looked so bright, didn't it? We had pop stars in music videos dancing with robots in space. BILL CLINTON: We expect the 1990 surplus - 1998 surplus to be about $70 ...

Colette Shade’s essays offer trenchant commentary on politics and culture from 1997 through 2008.

In the late '90s, the future looked so bright, didn't it? We had pop stars in music videos dancing with robots in space. BACKSTREET BOYS: (Singing) Makes you larger than life. LIMBONG: And this ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with writer Colette Shade about her book "Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)." ...