Politics

Columns

Fairytale in the Supermarket

Erik Baker

January 14, 2025

Erewhon and the new spirit of capitalism.

Egypt’s Carceralocracy

Collective Antigone

January 06, 2025

Issue no. 77

In Egypt, untold thousands of people have been imprisoned for the “crime” of merely criticizing their government.

Schoolhouse Crock

Jennifer C. Berkshire

January 02, 2025

Today’s advocates for “classical Christian education” don’t seem have any historical knowledge.

Down with the Ship

The Baffler

December 27, 2024

The Baffler looks back in anger at 2024.

Codes of Silence

Jack Sheehan

December 20, 2024

Say Nothing is a salvo in a history war that long predates it.

Protecting the Rights of Syrian Refugees

Wendy Pearlman

December 19, 2024

Syrian refugees have the right to return home—but they must not be forced.

We Owe Each Other Everything

Kaila Philo

December 18, 2024

A new book charts the rise, fall, and afterlife of Black Christian Nationalism.

Trick Clock

Lillian Perlmutter

December 05, 2024

On the job with a seasonal migrant worker.

University of Hindutva

Nevin Kallepalli

December 04, 2024

Hindu supremacist organizations are coming for American college campuses.

The Consultant Con

Max Kiefel

November 25, 2024

The Democrats are a business masquerading as a party.

Maurice Isserman’s Red Scare

Benjamin Balthaser

November 21, 2024

Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism is a conscious throwback to Cold War liberalism.

Masks Off

Jessica McAllen

November 20, 2024

The push to criminalize face coverings puts everyone at risk.