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Go Tell It in the Mountain State

Ed Burmila

March 06, 2018

While big media interviewed more and more old white people about Trump, a historic strike went down in West Virginia.

Is Trump the New Clinton?

Musa al-Gharbi

March 06, 2018

If Democrats are hoping Robert Mueller's investigation will bring down Trump, they could be in for another defeat in 2020.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

March 02, 2018

Dolce & Gabbana handbags borne by drones, Gucci Cyborgs, and CGI Instagram starlets, oh my!

The Tragedy of the Commons

Zachariah Webb

March 01, 2018

Common, a new housing startup, will order your toilet paper and “remove the annoyances” of a vibrant, shared community.

Fear and Loathing in Cascadia

Britta Lokting

February 27, 2018

The bioregion at the intersection of liberal hipsterdom, ecology, and white nationalism.

Downward-Facing Capitalist Dogma

Josh Hall

February 27, 2018

What makes employee wellbeing schemes so distasteful is their attempt to disguise companies' base motivations with the language of care and health.

Boys Do Cry (and Shoot)

Jay Baron Nicorvo

February 26, 2018

As with the science supporting climate change, confirmation of masculine weakness is capable of inspiring stubborn cases of denial.

Parkland: Urgency and Insurgency

Jacob Silverman

February 26, 2018

Today's digital-savvy teens are wise in ways their elders are not—and they're not intimidated by trolling from the right.

The Midterms and the Turn Leftward

Sean McElwee

February 23, 2018

This year, Democrats will pick up a basket of seats, ranging from highly educated and upscale to working-class and rural.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

February 23, 2018

Let's play everyone's favorite game: Multimillionaire Quizzes Billionaire On Basic Grocery Prices!

Billy Graham’s Crusades

Chris Lehmann

February 23, 2018

Billy Graham steered clear of the complexities of the modern world and promised his followers serenity and salvation.

Max Boot’s Vietnam

John Ganz

February 20, 2018

Edward Lansdale does not represent the “Road not Taken” in Vietnam, he is the crystallized essence of the willful blindness that led us there.