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The Baffler

February 17, 2023

Écarté Derrière This week Germany continued to lead the world in modeling how an empire engages in civilized discourse when Marco Goecke, the director of the Hanover State Opera’s ballet company, smeared dog feces in the face of his critic, who had written of his ...

Beauty and el Bloqueo

Montana Ray

February 15, 2023

In search of the Black Venus.

Deeper in Debt

Rafia Zakaria

February 14, 2023

Alienated

Pakistan is the latest country to edge toward the economic precipice.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

February 10, 2023

Two in the Bush In a week that saw America seized by spy-balloon fever, a toxic chemical cloud escape from a train to bedevil the residents of suburban Ohio, and the pre-Psychic Network song catalog of Dionne Warwick blast from car stereos in remembrance of Burt Bacharach, ...

The Fourth Person

Adam Cavanaugh

February 10, 2023

Fiction

A truth worth seeking, not beyond the grave but within it.

Big Play

John Semley

February 09, 2023

Fantasy football has become more than just big business.

The Politics of Memory

Gábor Schein

February 08, 2023

Found in Translation

Against Viktor Orbán’s gaming of history.

Line in the Sand

Kate Wagner

February 07, 2023

Hypocrisy in the city-state of the future.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

February 03, 2023

The Importance of Being Concise After another cruel turn of the old Gregorian, we once again find ourselves stranded in the month of February, which is the official month of grapefruits, bird feeding, hot breakfast, snack foods, children’s dental health, embroidery, and ...

In Rocinante’s Stirrups

Julia Kornberg

February 02, 2023

Rereading the diaries of Che Guevara.

Summer Freeze

Eileen G’Sell

February 01, 2023

Fertility tourism could mean that countries like Spain prioritize foreign women over their own citizens.

A Good Death

Kristen Martin

January 31, 2023

Instruction manuals for living written by the dying.