Springtime for Empire
May 12, 2020
Noah Feldman’s history of the Arab Spring is willfully blind to American imperialism.
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The Part About the Crimes
May 11, 2020
Fernanda Melchor's scorching novel of femicide.
Fresh Hell
May 08, 2020
Atheists Hate Me Because of This One Simple Trick
Fine Print
May 08, 2020
Writing about reading, outside of the publishing industry’s hype cycle.
The Pulitzer Problem
Another case of journalism's elites celebrating journalism's elites.
The Good Old Boy
Short fiction by Trevor Shikaze.
In the Claws of a Police State
May 06, 2020
Duterte militarizes his response to the coronavirus.
As the World Churns
May 06, 2020
The backstory behind the Land O'Lakes “butter maiden.”
City of Rights
May 05, 2020
An indigenous community's struggle for housing in Mexico City
The Farmers
May 04, 2020
The leaves blanketing the ground are worn skeletally thin like small lace shrouds. This layer of decomposed matter that insulated plant and microbial life throughout the winter has begun to thaw and sweat, releasing a heady stench in the forest and fields where baby nettles, ...
Cash Cows
May 04, 2020
Meatpacking and the specter of Coronapolitics.
Fresh Hell
May 01, 2020
Body Bagging, Body Body Bagging