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Fresh Hell

The Baffler

September 30, 2022

Unchecked Power and Infinite Breadsticks In a bold stroke for gender parity, Italy elected a woman to the office of despotic, far-right, fascist-by-any-other-name head of government. Prime minister-elect Giorgia Meloni is already a nightmare prospect of a world leader, ...

Headscarf Games

Rafia Zakaria

September 30, 2022

Alienated

Another victory for a celebrity television feminist.

You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow

Marlowe Granados

September 30, 2022

Designs for Living

Aging: how to cope with it?

Difficult People

Apoorva Tadepalli

September 29, 2022

The all-too-human novels of Gwendoline Riley.

Inside Baseball

Andrew Schenker

September 28, 2022

Chronicling the national game—and a changing nation.

The Sun Goeth Down

Christopher Urban

September 27, 2022

Jon Raymond approaches doomsday literature from aslant.

The Revelations Will Be Televised

Kyle Paoletta

September 26, 2022

The January 6 committee has put on a good show—to what end?

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

September 23, 2022

Finger Lickin’ God Grief is the thing with feathers. Religious fanaticism is the thing plucked, breaded extra-crispy, and preserved with eleven herbs and spices. A Minnesota food truck called Bad Rooster, specializing in decadent chicken sandwiches, has been accused of ...

Jesus Melted Before I Could Say I’m Sorry

LJ Pemberton

September 23, 2022

Fiction

Breaking the law is good business.

Pinochet’s Long Shadow

Sammy Feldblum

September 22, 2022

Chile’s left goes back to the drawing board.

Rattling the Cage

Rhian Sasseen

September 21, 2022

Claiming authorship in the age of the internet.

Impermanent Resident

Osama Shehzad

September 20, 2022

The purgatory of America’s broken visa system.