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The Afterlife of Newsies

Sarah Marshall

January 05, 2018

It was, within the Newsies fandom, a truth universally acknowledged that we could do whatever the hell we wanted.

The Duality of the Southern Thing

Rachel Bryan

January 03, 2018

The Roy Moore vs. Doug Jones race for Senate was the perfect embodiment of the two sides of Alabama.

The Story of a Face

J.W. McCormack

January 03, 2018

We are trying to read the story of a teenage girl, but Marguerite Duras is trying to tell us something else.

Mariah Carey Has a Cold

Niela Orr

January 02, 2018

Bread and Circuses

Year after year, and perhaps forever, Mariah Carey is the national symbol for our New Year's resolutions.

Slim Returns

Stephen Kearse

January 02, 2018

Given its emphasis on revenge, any real differences between Eminem’s music and a CNN-bashing Trump tweet are razor-thin.

Baffling, Baffling, Baffled

The Baffler

December 29, 2017

“It won’t hurt much longer,” promises Javier Bardem’s character in the 2017 movie Mother! With this utter trainwreck of a year careening to a close, we guess you could say the same of 2017, although who knows what we have to look forward to as the second year of the ...

You’re a Monster, Mr. Trump

Chris Norris

December 22, 2017

The long national nightmare is a long way from over. 'Tis the season for epic corruption.

A Show Trial that No One Watched

Maximillian Alvarez

December 21, 2017

The Poverty of Theory

Today, a jury in the Washington, D.C. Superior Court rendered a verdict of not guilty on all counts for the first six defendants in the J20 trials.

It’s a THAAD, THAAD, THAAD World

Ed Burmila

December 21, 2017

War hawks have a long history of pitching the illusion of a survivable nuclear war to an American public that tends to be unenthusiastic about dying in a holocaust of fire and radiation. If the prospect of nuclear war is downplayed, public opinion may be more open to ...

Never Get off the Boat

Brendan C. Byrne

December 20, 2017

Even if seasteading isn’t just a floating pyramid scheme, it has tied itself to a dangerous political aim.

Friends in Stupid Places

Amber A’Lee Frost

December 19, 2017

Your Sorry Ass

The truth is that most capitalists are capable of disagreeing with their friends without flying off the handle.

The Carpetbaggers of Tech

Julianne Tveten

December 19, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Steve Chase, and J.D. Vance launch tech's takeover of the heartland.