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Going in for the Shill

Tom Sexton

December 11, 2018

Joe Manchin, coal industry darling, cannot become become our bulwark against a nightmare future of rising, boiling seas.

Propaganda and the Pundit Mind

Chris Lehmann

December 10, 2018

The Blessed and the Brightest

The old WASP ruling class . . . those were the days, right?

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

December 07, 2018

We Found Love in a Discount Store

Malice in Dairyland

Michael Duffy

December 06, 2018

In a special-lame duck session, Wisconsin's state legislature has frantically stripped powers from the governor’s office.

Football Nation

David Roth

December 05, 2018

The NFL repeatedly mistakes itself for a nation state—a sort of parallel America.

A Christmas Story

Ben Schwartz

December 04, 2018

George H. W. Bush has been transformed into a symbol of bygone kindness and civility. It's a Christmas Miracle!

The Church of Labor

Amber A’Lee Frost

December 03, 2018

All Tomorrow’s Parties

Contemplating coal's past and the importance of a unionized energy sector at the Durham Miners' Gala.

Death and Taxes

Bruce Bartlett

December 01, 2018

Forces within the GOP intentionally destroyed Bush, putting the far right in complete control of the party’s ideology.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

November 30, 2018

Strong Man Make Gender Go Boom

Binge Me Baby, One More Time

Logan Scherer

November 30, 2018

The eating video queen of the internet is a new kind of late-capitalist pop star.

Yesterday’s News

Noah Kulwin

November 29, 2018

An former Guardian editor lays out a vision of the global media crisis that is largely detached from actual politics.

Ways of Seeing the New South

Matthew McKnight

November 27, 2018

The pictures in "New Southern Photography," with few exceptions, depict a segregated world.