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Winging It

Noelle Mateer

July 22, 2025

“This is why I don’t fly.”

Reject Transgender Liberalism

Jules Gill-Peterson

July 21, 2025

The trans movement must change legal and political course.

Plucking, Primping, and Politicking

Aaron Timms

July 17, 2025

Eric Adams leads the Big Apple from the beautician’s chair.

Scam Nation

Whitney Curry Wimbish

July 16, 2025

Trump wants to refashion the CFPB in his own image.

Deadly Slop

Sophia Goodfriend

July 10, 2025

Militarized AI is billed as an expedient war machine—though its effect is often anything but.

Alien Enemies

Brandon Shimoda

July 09, 2025

The fascist turn is not sharp. It is a relinquishment of the disguise.

The Uneasy Oligarchy

Jamie Merchant

July 08, 2025

The ruling class is not just at odds with the state—it is at war with itself.

Gimme Boer

Charlie Dulik

July 03, 2025

Every May, as the city starts to heat up again, New Yorkers begin their annual pilgrimages down to Brighton Beach, a bustling post-Soviet-populated enclave on the shores of the Atlantic. This year, around the same time that beachgoers and babushkas alike were taking their first ...

Scientific Methods

Nima Bassiri

June 26, 2025

Does MAGA really want to destroy science?

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

Jasper Craven,  Brian Karlsson

June 20, 2025

Trump threw a big birthday party for himself—oh yeah, and the U.S. Army.

The Prince of War

Ben Makuch

June 19, 2025

Erik Prince’s best skill is selling himself.

Come One, Come All!

Alex Bronzini-Vender

June 18, 2025

Unless, that is, you’re a member of one of the “groups.”