Cruel and Unusual Nourishment
July 06, 2022
The quality of food in prisons has reached crisis levels.
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My mother’s lessons are too late.After all we’ve lived through—the years she countsin precise concurrence with the Nakbaand the ones I count while I bite my tongue—she insists on lecturing me, word by word, all at once.She shows no consideration for my chronic ...
Fresh Hell
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
July 01, 2022
Nicolas Cage’s career is a categorical triumph of style over substance.
Pressure and Escape
June 30, 2022
In Palestine, nature and poetry offer a respite from constant pressure.
For God or the Moroccan Boy?
Jacob Israël de Haan explored the intersection of queer desire and spiritual belief.
Meeting the Moment in Philadelphia
June 29, 2022
Grassroots union drives and America’s largest labor federation collide in Philly.
Colombia’s Historic Pact
June 28, 2022
On the victory of Gustavo Petro Urrego and Francia Márquez Mina.
Last Man Standing
June 27, 2022
Francis Fukuyama still pines for that old-time liberalism.
Fresh Hell
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
The televangelist, his TikTok bride, and a death in Pakistan.
The Rag Dolls of Pompeii
Short fiction by Roberto Ontiveros.