Politics

Columns

In Poor Health

Jess McAllen

October 31, 2025

What is the real mission of a safety-net hospital?

Paying for It

David I. Backer

October 29, 2025

The municipal bond market strangles socialism.

Belittled Magazine

Bruce Robbins

October 27, 2025

Issue no. 81

Were we fighting the power, or were we an institutional part of it?

Infernal Affairs

Ali Winston

October 27, 2025

Does Zohran Mamdani have it in him to confront the NYPD?

Board in Class

Tisya Mavuram

October 23, 2025

The attack on public schools has only accelerated under Trump 2.0.

Antitrust Issues

Lizzie O’Shea

October 17, 2025

Whither antitrust policy under the second Trump administration?

The Juice Is Loose

Britt H. Young

October 16, 2025

If the body is a machine, there is code.

The Substance

Max Kiefel

October 15, 2025

Meet the “new generation” of the Democratic Party—same as the old one.

Strange Fascination

William Giraldi

October 14, 2025

Werner Herzog’s quest for ecstatic truth

Who’s Laughing Now

Adam Wilson

October 09, 2025

Kill Tony’s parade of jesters debase themselves before a vile king.

Last Call at Zoxx Social Club

Nick Rommel

October 08, 2025

A one-time watering hole for factory employees gets the wrecking ball.

High-Agency Individuals

James Vincent

October 07, 2025

Can you really “just do things”?