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The Baffler

June 02, 2017

• Baffler contributor Corey Pein reports for The Guardian on a Trump supporter who’s received a very special award from some of the president’s associates. John Beavers, who last year reportedly sold his house to campaign independently on behalf of Donald Trump ...

Hope in the Time of Cholera

Amber A’Lee Frost,  Sam Kriss

June 02, 2017

Whale Vomit

Episode 7: The British election, Hillary Clinton, and “Pissing Pug”

White Nationalism’s New Clothes

Hannah Gais

June 01, 2017

This American Carnage

White nationalists are donning the garb of intellectual legitimacy. It's time to dress them down.

Putting Millions Back to Work

Sarah Jaffe

June 01, 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 ...

Social Media Forensics

Patrick Blanchfield

May 31, 2017

The problem isn’t whether or not people “politicize” violence like the nightmare in Portland.

Lovesick and Twitter Verified

Amber A’Lee Frost

May 31, 2017

Your Sorry Ass

Online love, even if it's unrequited, is like a little diagnostic test for your soul.

Momentive’s Hundred Days

Sarah Jaffe

May 31, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

A conversation with Cecilia Aldarondo

The Whimper of Democracy

Maximillian Alvarez

May 31, 2017

The Poverty of Theory

Inauguration Day protesters are caught up in Kafkaesque prosecutions, raising the stakes for dissent in the Trump era.

Less-Lethal Weapon

Will Meyer

May 30, 2017

Taser International, now Axon, has rebranded to better showcase its “suite of smart weapons.”

What Comes After Resistance?

Sarah Jaffe

May 26, 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 ...

Flint, Beyond the Crisis

Hanif Abdurraqib

May 26, 2017

The Heart of It All

To call what is happening in Flint, Michigan a “water crisis” feels both exact and not. I’m not sure there’s other language that is as definite, short, and sharp for what was a massive institutional failure on many levels, spanning several years. The story, well ...

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.