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Announcing Our New Editor in Chief,
Matthew Shen Goodman

The Baffler

February 24, 2023

The Baffler magazine, America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism since 1988, has appointed Matthew Shen Goodman as its new editor in chief. Shen Goodman comes to The Baffler from Triple Canopy, where he served as senior editor ...

More American Carnage

Rafia Zakaria

February 24, 2023

A list of dead women, victims of what ought to be called "ego killings."

The Devil’s Milkshake

Tarence Ray

February 23, 2023

Arresting further complaint, one sip at a time.

Close Encounters

Jesse Robertson

February 23, 2023

The truth is out there. But truth is a moving target.

Gay Liberation Failed

Scott Branson

February 21, 2023

On the origins of today’s anti-trans backlash.

Deeper in Debt

Rafia Zakaria

February 14, 2023

Pakistan is the latest country to edge toward the economic precipice.

Line in the Sand

Kate Wagner

February 07, 2023

Hypocrisy in the city-state of the future.

In Rocinante’s Stirrups

Julia Kornberg

February 02, 2023

Rereading the diaries of Che Guevara.

Summer Freeze

Eileen G’Sell

February 01, 2023

Fertility tourism could mean that countries like Spain prioritize foreign women over their own citizens.

For the Public Good

Carlos Ortega Arámburo

January 25, 2023

On Mexico’s history of overzealous public works.

Bolsonaro’s Long Shadow

Nara Roberta Silva

January 24, 2023

Bolsonaro’s attack on the Brazilian state.

Traveling While White

Rafia Zakaria

January 20, 2023

Social media is flooded with accounts of solipsistic and often clueless travel-influencers.