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Soundtrack to a Drug War

Matthew Ismael Ruiz

August 10, 2018

A DIY music scene in the Philippines sets itself against Rodrigo Duterte.

War is a Racket

The Nostalgia Trap

August 09, 2018

Nate Bethea is co-host of the podcast A Hell of a Way to Die.

The “Classical Liberal” Pivot

Luke Winkie

August 08, 2018

A new big tent for the clown show—from Paul Ryan to the YouTube right.

Operation Snowflake

Tom Whyman

August 07, 2018

Mysteries of the all-powerful—yet infinitely fragile—generational stereotype.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

August 03, 2018

Fast Times at Sears Department Store

Enemy of the People

Aaron Miguel Cantú

August 02, 2018

Editor’s note: When Aaron Cantú arrived at his new job at the Santa Fe Reporter last year, he came with the baggage of a recent arrest. Two months earlier, he spent a night in jail with hundreds of others detained during protests on Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C. His ...

The Tagorean Impulse

Amar Diwakar

August 02, 2018

Too long ignored, Rabindranath Tagore's writings offer a powerful alternative in an age of nativist ressentiment.

Seizing Socialism’s Moment

The Nostalgia Trap

July 31, 2018

We don’t have a very visible fighting feminist movement in the way that we’ve had in the past.

Who’s Afraid of Ocasio-Cortez?

Jacob Silverman

July 30, 2018

Does Ocasio-Cortez represent a dangerous tilt leftward—or is she an inspiring augur of the Democratic Party’s future?

Rites of Power

Hannah Gais

July 26, 2018

Prince Charles's spiritual odyssey has been a sort of materialist schizophrenia.

Of Many Minds

Hawa Allan

July 26, 2018

Asad Haider on why identity politics is both a source of awareness and division, a boon and a burden for the left.

Mapping the Face of War

The Nostalgia Trap

July 25, 2018

Bhakti Shringarpure is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Warscapes, an online magazine.