History Won’t Judge
We cannot cede today’s political imperatives to the good favor of tomorrow’s retrospection.
From the Archives
Take a stroll down The Baffler’s trash-strewn avenue of memory
Columns
On the Eve of Destruction
Breaking the double bind of the nuclear arms race.
The Global Garage
August 2021
Militarized frontiers get a tech-savvy makeover.
Building from the Rubble
May 2021
Palestinian resistance and the road to liberation
We’re Not in This Together
There is no universal politics of climate change.
Back to the Land
What is Wendell Berry angry about?
Land Without Bread
Farmland protection must be central to any version of a Green New Deal.
Dinner with a War Criminal
June 2019
Revisiting Henry Kissinger’s murderous legacy in the era of Trump.
The Magic Kingdom
There are no workers at Disney World. Everyone is a cast member, and they are all so happy to be here.
American Ghostwriter
This was glorified ventriloquism, in which the Author called upon the American Ghostwriter to play the dummy.
I’m Feeling Bad About America
The campaign song is frequently the porch popular music crawls beneath before it rolls into the fetal position and dies.
Bridges to Nowhere
On liberal dreams of a more imperfect union.