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Matthew Shen Goodman

Matthew Shen Goodman is the editor in chief of The Baffler. He was previously a senior editor at Triple Canopy.

An oddly textured close up of the earth from space, wrinkly like a deflated plastic ball.

Aiding and Abetting

The first quarter of the twenty-first century fast approaches its end, and all is not well in human welfare. According to the UN secretary-general, some 360 million people worldwide are in need of humanitarian assistance. Beset by challenges of its own making (corruption, abuse, ...
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Terroir Squad

TikTok chefs stir-frying and red-cooking in idyllic Sichuan countrysides, listicles of where to get not-your-nonna’s tagliatelle, YouTube channels featuring artery-busting barbecue smoked by men who seem, above all, engorged: What are we awash in today but endless food ...
An abstract digital collage features various Vegas-themed iconography as pixelated figures. They include: a white tiger, the ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign, playing cards, a portrait of Elvis, and sharply dressed Casino employees in tantalizing poses.

Glitter Gulch Global

It’s been twenty years since Las Vegas debuted “What happens here, stays here.” The slogan is a winking celebration of self-containment that has never quite been true. (Hence, perhaps, the marvelously redundant update three years ago: “What happens here, only happens ...