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Women’s Equality—When?

Rafia Zakaria

March 10, 2023

Global gender parity may be more than a century away.

Heavenly Bodies

Dolly Church

March 07, 2023

Residents of a dying planet dream of immortality in space.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

March 03, 2023

Cowabungled In a hell week that was particularly dystopic, even for 2023, Tennessee banned drag shows, Florida mulled requiring bloggers who want to critique the governor to register with the state, and the New York Times profiled a man who doesn’t wear shoes as though he ...

What Does Your Country Want?

Matthew Shen Goodman

March 01, 2023

Issue no. 67

On “The National Interest,” issue no. 67.

The Sunshine Imperium

Jasper Craven

March 01, 2023

Issue no. 67

Ron DeSantis’s blind faith to the military in its worst moments doesn’t bode well should he ever claim the title of commander in chief.

Announcing Our New Editor in Chief,
Matthew Shen Goodman

The Baffler

February 24, 2023

The Baffler magazine, America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism since 1988, has appointed Matthew Shen Goodman as its new editor in chief. Shen Goodman comes to The Baffler from Triple Canopy, where he served as senior editor ...

More American Carnage

Rafia Zakaria

February 24, 2023

A list of dead women, victims of what ought to be called "ego killings."

The Devil’s Milkshake

Tarence Ray

February 23, 2023

Arresting further complaint, one sip at a time.

Close Encounters

Jesse Robertson

February 23, 2023

The truth is out there. But truth is a moving target.

Gay Liberation Failed

Scott Branson

February 21, 2023

On the origins of today’s anti-trans backlash.

Deeper in Debt

Rafia Zakaria

February 14, 2023

Pakistan is the latest country to edge toward the economic precipice.

Line in the Sand

Kate Wagner

February 07, 2023

Hypocrisy in the city-state of the future.