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Since returning to the White House, President Trump has boasted about sending excess military equipment to police forces...
14/08/2025

Since returning to the White House, President Trump has boasted about sending excess military equipment to police forces across the country. But they already have one especially lethal tool at their disposal: the hollow-point bullet.

Police militarization works like a reverse ratchet—unleashing is easy, but putting the restraint back on is very hard.

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.

Medication coupons help people access life-saving drugs they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford. But in our new issue,...
11/06/2025

Medication coupons help people access life-saving drugs they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford. But in our new issue, Jess McAllen explains how companies like GoodRx profit from the status quo—and may push your neighborhood pharmacy out of business.

From PBMs to coupon aggregators, the middlemen of medicine are racking in the cash—at the expense of patients.

Baffler no. 79 features new short fiction from Laura van den Berg. In “Cake,” every treat is a burden, and every burden ...
08/06/2025

Baffler no. 79 features new short fiction from Laura van den Berg. In “Cake,” every treat is a burden, and every burden is an opportunity.

Rita has exorcised her mother’s superstitions, but that hasn’t kept her from developing her own.

Copper mining destroys habitats, pollutes the environment with heavy metals, and guzzles up an enormous amount of water....
06/06/2025

Copper mining destroys habitats, pollutes the environment with heavy metals, and guzzles up an enormous amount of water. But now, thanks to its association with green technology, the industry is getting an eco-friendly rebrand.

Copper—and lots of it—will be necessary for the energy transition. Getting it won’t be so easy.

College sports is at a crossroads, and in Baffler no. 79, Dennis M. Hogan considers some inflection points: the death of...
04/06/2025

College sports is at a crossroads, and in Baffler no. 79, Dennis M. Hogan considers some inflection points: the death of the conference model, the rise of the “superleague,” the question of paying athletes, and the threats to higher education in general.

Have college sports become too dependent on exploitation to survive paying their players?

Baffler no. 79 is now available online and in print. “Player Haters” judges the state of American sportsmanship: the col...
04/06/2025

Baffler no. 79 is now available online and in print. “Player Haters” judges the state of American sportsmanship: the college ballers and bull riders, the GOATs and cheats of all kinds.

Start reading now.

“America first does not mean America alone,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 23, seeking to reassure the market three weeks after the president declared Liberation Day and tariffed the…

They say you can’t go home again, but in Baffler no. 78, we do just that. Our new issue features essays on national chau...
02/04/2025

They say you can’t go home again, but in Baffler no. 78, we do just that. Our new issue features essays on national chauvinists, embarrassed diasporas, and various unhappy returns.

“Homeland Insecurity” is now available online and in print. Read it now:

Forty-Five has become 47, and Donald Trump is now the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland. With protective tariffs anathema to Uncle Jumbo, as Cleveland was known…

The Mexican state of Michoacán has long been an epicenter of organized crime. The government has long downplayed the ext...
24/03/2025

The Mexican state of Michoacán has long been an epicenter of organized crime. The government has long downplayed the extent of the violence happening there. Locals have every reason to suspect collusion.

In Mexico, those displaced by armed conflict find themselves caught between criminal groups, paramilitaries, and a frequently indifferent government.

In a chichi restaurant in London, a pigheaded chef and his cockeyed culinary stage enact a proxy war. Read “The Sorcerer...
23/03/2025

In a chichi restaurant in London, a pigheaded chef and his cockeyed culinary stage enact a proxy war. Read “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” written by Rodrigo Fresán and translated by Will Vanderhyden, on our site now.

No matter how many times my psychiatrist tells me that I don’t have to think about it, I swear that I feel a lot better when I do. Seriously.

Tokyo’s economy relies on the labor of guest workers and the lucre of tourists. The former work under perilous condition...
21/03/2025

Tokyo’s economy relies on the labor of guest workers and the lucre of tourists. The former work under perilous conditions. The latter might be pushing the city to the brink.

In Japan, the economic miracle has fizzled. Citizens, expats, and guest workers alike cling to the country’s past rather than face an uncertain future.

The far right beat took shape in 2015, but exploded after Charlottesville. Editors assigned more coverage of demonstrati...
12/01/2024

The far right beat took shape in 2015, but exploded after Charlottesville. Editors assigned more coverage of demonstrations and extremist groups. But one-off stories can’t always provide big-picture analysis, especially when written under pressure.

Extremism has migrated from the streets to the center of the Republican Party. What is the role of the journalist in such an environment?

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