None of This Is Happening
For Natalia, it was clear: they would never be able to return.
Baffler Archives: Salvos
Columns
Breaking Glass
Have you heard that Berlin is dead?
Bunker Down
Decommissioned missile silos in the heartland.
The Unwinding
This was more than an inconvenience—it was a life-threatening event.
Waiting at Anchor
Waiting has always been woven into the everyday rhythms of seafarers’ work and lives aboard.
Irish Unification, 2024
What might a united Ireland look like?
The Therapist in the Machine
AI therapy bots are ill-equipped to deal with the complexities of mental health.
Park of Prospects
In a city with a premium on movement, curious things happen to those who stand still.
Arizona Dreamin’
Arizona is more in thrall to a culture of economic growth than to either party.
Live Free or DEI
Eugenic thinking is once again ascendant beyond the fringes.
Go West
The “demographic oblivion” faced by the Balkans’ native-born population.
I Got Mine
Staten Island kind of sucks—in the way all New York suburbs kind of suck.