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Go Tell It in the Mountain State
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?
March 06, 2018
If Democrats are hoping Robert Mueller's investigation will bring down Trump, they could be in for another defeat in 2020.
Downgrading Harvard
The question for Harvard's investment managers is: If you're so rich, why aren't you smart?
Fresh Hell
March 02, 2018
Dolce & Gabbana handbags borne by drones, Gucci Cyborgs, and CGI Instagram starlets, oh my!
Literature Shrugged
We can learn a lot about the literary arts by understanding the long history of hatred of literature.
The Tragedy of the Commons
March 01, 2018
Common, a new housing startup, will order your toilet paper and “remove the annoyances” of a vibrant, shared community.
Love, Actually
Welcome to The Baffler’s agony corner, YOUR SORRY ASS, where Amber A’Lee Frost dispenses bossy, judgmental advice on how to live your life fairly, kindly, and with good humor. Send us your rants and pleas, please: [email protected].
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The Feminist Horizon
The International Women's Strike on March 8 is meant to be a “political strike”; that is, a strike whose concerns are not limited to the workplace.
Fear and Loathing in Cascadia
February 27, 2018
The bioregion at the intersection of liberal hipsterdom, ecology, and white nationalism.
Downward-Facing Capitalist Dogma
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)
February 26, 2018
As with the science supporting climate change, confirmation of masculine weakness is capable of inspiring stubborn cases of denial.