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Listen to the Wins: How Larry Krasner’s Victory Sounded from the DJ Booth

Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela

May 25, 2017

Instead of “Don’t Stop Believin’,” I got to play songs with a little more bite.

A Rich Fable

Chris Lehmann

May 25, 2017

The Jaundiced Eyeball

Sean Hannity doggedly waves the Fox News banner as the nation’s premium mass outlet for demented right-wing conspiracy.

Daily Bafflements

The Baffler

May 24, 2017

• The  Washington Post provides a deep dive into how the myth regarding Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich became a favorite among far-right conspiracy nuts. You can thank Kim Dotcom—the New Zealand-based crackpot internet entrepreneur that brought you such ...

Trump’s Family Leave Shell Game

Sarah Jaffe

May 24, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

Looking for Twin Peaks

Bethany Jean Clement

May 24, 2017

It is a curious thing to try to go to a fictional place. David Lynch’s 1990 series Twin Peaks exploded expectations about television—its darkness, deadpan humor, and sheer oddity was a dramatic shift from the standard small-screen fare of the time. The setting was a small ...

Shave the Billionaire

Alex Cuadros

May 23, 2017

Is it a second Brazilian Miracle? The country is jailing—and shaving—its plutocrats.

The Musk of Success, Choking Our Cities

Jacob Silverman

May 23, 2017

The Future Sucked

A rich man's hobby can have serious consequences for the rest of us.

Amnesiac Nation

Jessa Crispin

May 22, 2017

Paradise Tossed

This is what identity politics looks like when it has gone a little senile.

Repair Work

Niela Orr

May 19, 2017

Bread and Circuses

Perhaps as a function of main star’s burgeoning shallowness, this year’s Master of None excels more in featuring solo players.

Fascism for Dummies

Rick Perlstein

May 19, 2017

Would the Holocaust have happened if Moe Howard was Chancellor of Germany? The Gulag, if Stalin was swapped out for Stan Laurel?

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity, Memos

Amber A’Lee Frost,  Sam Kriss

May 18, 2017

Whale Vomit

Episode 6: Amber and Sam talk about the FBI’s note-keeping, Corbyn’s manifesto, and public housing.

Keeping Education on the Radar

Sarah Jaffe

May 18, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...