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Fresh Hell

The Baffler

February 01, 2019

The $239,958,219.15 Question

Gilding The Wall

Matt Cameron

January 29, 2019

On a Tuesday earlier this month, I walked out of jail and drove until my car ran out of gas and died a mile from my house in a crowded Boston intersection. This happened not for lack of access to fuel or money to buy it with—or even because I had failed to notice that the gas ...

Breaking the Coulter Curse

Joseph A. McCartin

January 29, 2019

Ann Coulter hates unions. You might say it’s in her genes.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

January 25, 2019

Coming Out of My Closet, and I’ve Been Doing Just Fine

Chalk One Up for Teachers

Jason McGahan

January 25, 2019

How Los Angeles teachers won major concessions after a six-day strike.

In the Shadow of Lincoln Yards

Martha Bayne

January 23, 2019

A new $5 billion development threatens one of Chicago's most beloved independent music venues—and much more.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

January 18, 2019

I Hope They Serve Natty Light in Hell

I Believe I Can Lie

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

January 17, 2019

R. Kelly uses moves from the old-school playbook in attempts to survive his current scandals.

Gazing Downward, Looking Back

Frank Guan

January 16, 2019

The cinema of neoliberalism in South Korea and the Philippines

Before the Law in Tijuana

Matt Cameron

January 15, 2019

The small plaza outside El Chaparral is, for many migrants, the closest they’ll ever stand to American soil.

Americans Have More Guns

Tom Hawking

January 14, 2019

Ask Americas why it isn’t like Sweden and they will invariably chalk it up to “not being communists.”

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

January 11, 2019

Tomorrow's Shitter Today