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FEBRUARY 6. 2025

Unhuman Resources

Jack Posobiec’s career exemplifies how the Republican Party has leveraged a network of influencers to appeal to the far right.

FEBRUARY 5. 2025

The Barbarians Are Coming Today

In his new book, Bruce Robbins traces the emergence of a cosmopolitan recognition of atrocity.

FEBRUARY 4. 2025

Organized Abandonment

In a time of escalating climate catastrophe, we need something other than paeans to resilience.

JANUARY 30. 2025

Playing War

At the height of its popularity, Soldier of Fortune was a staple of gun shows, military barracks, and VFW haunts.

JANUARY 29. 2025

A Ceasefire Is Not Enough

The ceasefire is not a solution but a mirror. Decades of Israeli occupation, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid against Palestinians brought us here.

JANUARY 28. 2025

Hard Knock Life

The real history of being an orphan in America is nothing like the myths spun in fiction.

JANUARY 24. 2025

Nostalgia Act

You’ve caught me, you’ve got me, I’m yours.

JANUARY 23. 2025

Learning to Listen

In her new book, Liz Pelly examines how Spotify came to conquer the music industry—to our collective detriment.

JANUARY 21. 2025

Biden’s Final Humiliation

With the Gaza ceasefire, Trump accomplished in a week what the Biden administration refused to do for fifteen months.

JANUARY 20. 2025

Mr. Grift Goes to Washington

The members of the second Trump administration share a way of being: they’re criminals.

JANUARY 16. 2025

Twice-Born

Caste majorities preserve inequality, religious hatred, segregation, and class supremacy—ideas which can’t be called liberal for a democracy.

JANUARY 15. 2025

The Southwest Syndrome

Delusions of permanent growth still grip the cities of the Southwest. Kyle Paoletta’s new book looks for a cure.

JANUARY 14. 2025

Fairytale in the Supermarket

Erewhon emerged from a countercultural ethos—but fell victim to the dictates of capitalism.

JANUARY 10. 2025

Pray for Q

The systems I am talking about are real.