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In our new issue, Adrian Nathan West describes the economic and technological conditions that have led to recent violenc...
02/10/2025

In our new issue, Adrian Nathan West describes the economic and technological conditions that have led to recent violence in the Philly drill rap scene, at a scale unimaginable to previous generations.

Rap beef now can involve a degree of violence perhaps unimaginable to previous generations.

In our new issue, Nick Tabor writes on a migrant resettlement program in Denver that aims to provide newcomers with oppo...
27/09/2025

In our new issue, Nick Tabor writes on a migrant resettlement program in Denver that aims to provide newcomers with opportunity and autonomy in the absence of federal assistance.

Denver attempted to navigate a surge of immigration—with little assistance from the Biden administration and open hostility from its successor.

U.S. officials describe the Darién Gap as a hotbed of human trafficking and mortal peril. That’s not inaccurate, but it ...
25/09/2025

U.S. officials describe the Darién Gap as a hotbed of human trafficking and mortal peril. That’s not inaccurate, but it fails to account for just how much of that is America’s own fault.

In the Darién Gap, smugglers serve as de facto U.S. border guards.

When the journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette brought home the Pulitzer, they’d been working without a contract fo...
19/09/2025

When the journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette brought home the Pulitzer, they’d been working without a contract for more than two years. The family that owned the paper sneered at the idea of negotiating a replacement. It was a sign of things to come.

In Pittsburgh, one newsroom has been on strike for more than two years. Something has to give. Will it be the workers?

The Hatfield-McCoy feud is the stuff of American folklore, remembered as a lurid tale of hillbilly violence. But Lauren ...
18/09/2025

The Hatfield-McCoy feud is the stuff of American folklore, remembered as a lurid tale of hillbilly violence. But Lauren Fadiman urges us not to forget what really fueled the conflict: desperation, isolation, and crass opportunism.

The Hatfield-McCoy feud has become both folktale and marketing play, as descendants and historians dispute how the story is told—and for whose benefit.

The NAFTA novel attempts transnational legibility. It mediates between Mexican and American cultures, attempting transla...
18/09/2025

The NAFTA novel attempts transnational legibility. It mediates between Mexican and American cultures, attempting translations linguistic and thematic—and exposes, sometimes unwittingly, the futility of doing so.

For all its utopianism, the NAFTA Novel remains the literary form of a diminutive bourgeois class.

America’s public schools have long been hyperfocused on career readiness. Now, the right wing is embracing “classical ed...
10/09/2025

America’s public schools have long been hyperfocused on career readiness. Now, the right wing is embracing “classical education” instead. Jennifer C. Berkshire considers what this means for the future of American schooling.

Democrats must come up with a defense of public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce preparation

The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio propped up the economy. They are eager to put down roots. They contribute to...
08/09/2025

The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio propped up the economy. They are eager to put down roots. They contribute to the community, start businesses, and fix up old houses. Now, Trump and his racist supporters want them out.

The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.

As Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth has made it his mission to purge female leaders within the Pentagon and relitigate...
04/09/2025

As Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth has made it his mission to purge female leaders within the Pentagon and relitigate the issue of women in combat—a battle he’s been itching to fight for decades.

Pete Hegseth has used his many perches—from Princeton to the Pentagon—to agitate for a kind of trickle-down masculinity.

The Baffler no. 80 is now available online and in print.“American Vendetta” considers our grudges and grievances: blood ...
03/09/2025

The Baffler no. 80 is now available online and in print.

“American Vendetta” considers our grudges and grievances: blood feuds and broadsides, lawsuits and gang wars, and the racist paranoia driving immigration policy.

Start reading now.

Gauche, in my opinion, to settle a grudge worthy of the name with money. (Did you not nurse that grievance? Would you sell your child?) But when the payoff grows big enough, cooler heads prevail…

In the middle of the twentieth century, bowling was a major part of working-class American life. Plants supported multip...
28/08/2025

In the middle of the twentieth century, bowling was a major part of working-class American life. Plants supported multiple teams; leagues operated for three shifts. But deindustrialization—and the consolidation of the bowling business—changed the game.

How long can bowling endure the vulture capitalists buying up alleys around the country?

The cowboy has made his pop-culture return, and Professional Bull Riders is ready to cash in on the rodeo renaissance.
12/06/2025

The cowboy has made his pop-culture return, and Professional Bull Riders is ready to cash in on the rodeo renaissance.

Professional Bull Riders sells the Western frontier as not a place but a vibe.

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