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Fresh Hell

The Baffler

July 22, 2022

Dream a Little Dream It’s clear to all observers that the American Dream, that grim fantasy of cookie-cutter comfort, has come in for a beating in recent decades, in no small part due to the fact that housing prices have shot up over 260 percent since 1980, while the ...

The Prosperous Migrants

Rafia Zakaria

July 22, 2022

Today’s digital nomads can often work from a seaside cantina.

Sexual Rights, Sexual Wrongs

Emily Janakiram

July 22, 2022

On Amia Srinivasan’s “The Right to Sex.”

Prelude to a Redeployment

Amanda Sperber

July 21, 2022

Listening for signs of the Americans in Kismayo, Somalia.

Going Beyond the Law

Gaby Del Valle

July 20, 2022

The movement for reproductive justice cannot afford to turn the other cheek.

El Alto Chronicles

Ruxandra Guidi

July 18, 2022

Quya Reyna is a young Aymara writer who casts a light urban indigeneity in Bolivia.

The Woman without Qualities

Mariah Kreutter

July 12, 2022

Mieko Kawakami investigates feminine identity in the absence of consumption.

No Days Off

Matt Murphy

July 11, 2022

When workplace tracking technologies become less invasive, their use is normalized.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

July 08, 2022

Pity the Billionaire Sure, the first half of 2022 has been financially tough for the average American, what with gas prices at historic highs, record-breaking rent spikes, ballooning grocery bills, and a floundering stock market that’s wiped out nearly $3 trillion in ...

Cruel and Unusual Nourishment

Erica X Eisen

July 06, 2022

The quality of food in prisons has reached crisis levels.

Pressure and Escape

M. Muhannad Ayyash

June 30, 2022

In Palestine, nature and poetry offer a respite from constant pressure.

Meeting the Moment in Philadelphia

Jess McAllen

June 29, 2022

Grassroots union drives and America’s largest labor federation collide in Philly.