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In March, after a two-year hiatus, The Baffler will return with a dazzling new issue. Behold its cover! Contained therein are thundering new salvos from Thomas Frank, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rick Perlstein, and David Graeber, fiction from Kim Stanley Robinson and Ludmilla ...

On Tuesday, Metropolitan Books will release Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right, the latest book by Baffler founding editor Thomas Frank. Pity the Billionaire examines how and why our flaccid economy has revitalized the American ...

We have big news: This afternoon, we signed a five-year, fifteen-issue publishing contract with the MIT Press. We’re very excited that a new Baffler is now guaranteed to come out three times a year for the foreseeable future. We know you are, too. The next issue is due in ...

Welcome to the Internet home of The Baffler. Launching this temporary website marks one, admittedly small step toward our revival. What will you find here? Hors d’oeuvres, for the most part. Stay focused now! Soon, the sidewalks will be blanketed with mimeographed ...