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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

Jessica McAllen

June 29, 2022

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

Colombia’s Historic Pact

Steven D. Cohen

June 28, 2022

On the victory of Gustavo Petro Urrego and Francia Márquez Mina.

Last Man Standing

Michael Brenes

June 27, 2022

Francis Fukuyama still pines for that old-time liberalism.

Death by Video

Rafia Zakaria

June 24, 2022

The televangelist, his TikTok bride, and a death in Pakistan.

Dangerous as the Plague

Samuel Huneke

June 23, 2022

Anti-gay animus is nothing new.

Our Man in Hollywood

Joel Whitney

June 15, 2022

With help from the CIA, Joseph Mankiewicz took a stand against “anti-Americanism.”

California Stars

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

June 13, 2022

Pole workers unite in North Hollywood.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

June 10, 2022

Shock and Awes Last Sunday morning in the Fort Worth, Texas, suburb of Watauga, Pastor Dillon Awes of Stedfast Baptist Church celebrated Pride Month with a rousing sermon on homosexuals, who are, in his Bible-addled view, without exception pedophiles who are so “dangerous ...

Let Us Prey

Rafia Zakaria

June 10, 2022

Texas authorities are determined to hunt down “illegals.”