Land of Extraction
November 02, 2018
New Mexico heads into an election that will decide how to handle an oil and gas boom.
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Populist Persuasions
October 31, 2018
Imagine that the left set out to reclaim populism. Is it possible?
Speaking Ills
October 31, 2018
Debate—and especially the challenge to debate—exists as an end in itself. Debate has become a conservative fetish object.
Twilight of the Racist Uncles
October 30, 2018
Younger users aren’t ditching Facebook because of Alex Jones, but because listening to all of America’s uncles at once is our literal nightmare.
Having it Both Ways
October 30, 2018
Both sides don’t do it—not when it comes to political violence in America.
Firing Lines
Our morally inert media complex supplies alibis for right-wing terror.
Bolsonaro Rising
October 29, 2018
Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest democracy has elected a neofascist as president.
Fresh Hell
October 26, 2018
Exactly What You’d Expect
If you guessed the person responsible for sending homemade explosive devices to the Obamas, the Clintons, George Soros, Robert De Niro, and CNN would drive a white van tricked out on every surface with unhinged InfoWars-inspired bumper stickers, then ...
The Horror, the Horror
October 26, 2018
With "Suspira" and "Halloween," a genre copies itself for the intellectual property era.
Health and Inhuman Services
Roger Severino has a plan to wipe out civil rights for more than a million Americans.
Brutalist Fiction
October 25, 2018
After reading Diane Williams, the classic short story seems like a sprawling black hole.
The Palace and the Storm
October 23, 2018
Only the rich will survive climate change.