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Plucking, Primping, and Politicking

Aaron Timms

July 17, 2025

Eric Adams leads the Big Apple from the beautician’s chair.

Scam Nation

Whitney Curry Wimbish

July 16, 2025

Trump wants to refashion the CFPB in his own image.

Deadly Slop

Sophia Goodfriend

July 10, 2025

Militarized AI is billed as an expedient war machine—though its effect is often anything but.

Alien Enemies

Brandon Shimoda

July 09, 2025

The fascist turn is not sharp. It is a relinquishment of the disguise.

The Uneasy Oligarchy

Jamie Merchant

July 08, 2025

The ruling class is not just at odds with the state—it is at war with itself.

Gimme Boer

Charlie Dulik

July 03, 2025

Every May, as the city starts to heat up again, New Yorkers begin their annual pilgrimages down to Brighton Beach, a bustling post-Soviet-populated enclave on the shores of the Atlantic. This year, around the same time that beachgoers and babushkas alike were taking their first ...

Scientific Methods

Nima Bassiri

June 26, 2025

Does MAGA really want to destroy science?

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

Jasper Craven,  Brian Karlsson

June 20, 2025

Trump threw a big birthday party for himself—oh yeah, and the U.S. Army.

The Prince of War

Ben Makuch

June 19, 2025

Erik Prince’s best skill is selling himself.

Come One, Come All!

Alex Bronzini-Vender

June 18, 2025

Unless, that is, you’re a member of one of the “groups.”

The Annexation of the West Bank Is Complete

Jasper Nathaniel

June 17, 2025

October 7 demolished the last restraints on Israel’s annexation of the West Bank.

Botched by Design

Charlotte Rosen

June 06, 2025

A new book sanitizes the racialized violence of the death penalty practice.