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The Baffler

July 01, 2022

Rocket Men On Thursday afternoon, the final day of a “blockbuster term” some hysterical observers are referring to as having the makings of a “judicial coup,” the Supreme Court drastically curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to stall or reverse ...

Despite All His Cage

J.W. McCormack

July 01, 2022

Nicolas Cage’s career is a categorical triumph of style over substance.

Pressure and Escape

M. Muhannad Ayyash

June 30, 2022

In Palestine, nature and poetry offer a respite from constant pressure.

For God or the Moroccan Boy?

Jacob Israël de Haan

June 29, 2022

Found in Translation

Jacob Israël de Haan explored the intersection of queer desire and spiritual belief.

Meeting the Moment in Philadelphia

Jess McAllen

June 29, 2022

Grassroots union drives and America’s largest labor federation collide in Philly.

Colombia’s Historic Pact

Steven D. Cohen

June 28, 2022

On the victory of Gustavo Petro Urrego and Francia Márquez Mina.

Last Man Standing

Michael Brenes

June 27, 2022

Francis Fukuyama still pines for that old-time liberalism.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

June 24, 2022

Recession Obsession As inflation continues its heedless assault on this nation’s hapless paycheck-to-paycheckers, sending the price of gasoline, glass cleaner, eggs, bacon, oranges, airline tickets, and just about everything else to bewildering heights, the Federal Reserve ...

Death by Video

Rafia Zakaria

June 24, 2022

Alienated

The televangelist, his TikTok bride, and a death in Pakistan.

The Rag Dolls of Pompeii

Roberto Ontiveros

June 24, 2022

Fiction

Short fiction by Roberto Ontiveros.

Dangerous as the Plague

Samuel Huneke

June 23, 2022

Anti-gay animus is nothing new.

Back to the Wall

Clare Sestanovich

June 22, 2022

The Wall studies the flimsiness of the self in isolation.