Politics

Columns

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

Jess McAllen

November 20, 2024

The push to criminalize face coverings puts everyone at risk.

Incendiary Kites

Will Harrison

November 13, 2024

We’ve no shortage of proof.

Ghosts in the Mirror

Stephen Piccarella

November 12, 2024

Two recent novels honor the last avant-garde.

Come to Harm

Adrian Nathan West

November 11, 2024

The vicissitudes of harm reduction and policing in Philadelphia.