Retirement, Brought to You by Prisons, Inc.
July 17, 2017
American workers support private prisons through their retirement funds.
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Weekly Bafflements
July 14, 2017
What do rich people and cockroaches have in common?
Honestly, lots of things, but in this case it’s the ability to survive a nuclear apocalypse. Over at The New Republic, John Carl Baker looks at the trend of luxury bunkers and how, even at the end of the world, the ...
Once Upon a Time in the Kingdom of Crack
After years of half-baked official narrative, TV presents the crack epidemic’s origin story—and it’s a fairy tale.
Your Trumpcare Investment Portfolio
Like any legislation drafted in secret, the Senate GOP’s version of Trumpcare offers substantial opportunities for the savvy investor.
Uniting Against White Supremacy in Charlottesville
Sarah Jaffe interviews Laura Goldblatt, a post-doctoral fellow at University of Virginia, and Mimi Arbeit, an organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice, Charlottesville.
The Sad Song of Privilege
So you're depressed, poor, and male? Stop blathering about privilege and look for help.
How to Lie
July 12, 2017
For the Trumps, English is a second language you learn only after learning to lie first.
It All Comes down to Real Estate
July 11, 2017
Q&A with Joshua Cohen
Get Thee to a City of Ladies
I'm thinking about creating a beguinage in Kansas City. Who's with me?
Right to Burn
Science fiction writer J.G. Ballard saw the Thatcherite future in his 1975 novel High-Rise.
Justin Trudeau and his Socks
Woke bae Justin Trudeau, who had been transcendent in his socks, hid away from his creature’s-feet.
Weekly Bafflements
July 07, 2017
What if democracy but too much?
Over at Current Affairs, Nathan J. Robinson tackles the pundit class’s surprisingly resilient idea that elitism is a good and defensible thing. Please remove your monocle before reading.
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