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“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” as Meta-Meta-Slasher

September 06, 2026

Jane Schoenbrun’s new homage to schlock horror films of the 1980s asks viewers to stop over-analyzing things for a change.

by RS Benedict

Mohammed El-Kurd on the Politics of the “Perfect Victim”

September 04, 2026

The author discusses the limits of liberal solidarity, and why human rights cannot depend on being likable.

by Current Affairs

You Wanted a More Brutal World

September 04, 2026

Milo Yiannopoulos gleefully supported a vicious, brutal deportation machine. Having helped unleash this nightmarish system, will he take responsibility for helping us dismantle it?

by Nathan J. Robinson

The Voice of an Ordinary Iranian

September 03, 2026

Raha Nik-Andish, an Iranian writer living in Tehran, has risked his life to give the world an account of survival under the U.S. and Israel’s bombs. We owe it to him to listen.

by Alex Skopic

It’s Time to Ban Prescription Drug Ads

September 02, 2026

The United States is one of the few countries that allow advertising to prescription drugs. It’s adding billions to our healthcare costs.

by Emily Topping

The Wall Street Journal’s Propaganda On Rent Control

September 01, 2026

Let’s at least be honest about the benefits that capping rent increases delivers.

by Nathan J. Robinson

We Love David Attenborough, So Why Don’t We Listen to Him?

August 31, 2026

The esteemed TV naturalist has been widely celebrated as he reaches his 100th year, but his warnings about climate and biodiversity loss are being ignored.

by Nathan J. Robinson

Eugene Debs Knew the Power Labor Holds

August 30, 2026

More than 100 years ago, the socialist leader taught us that working people make the world run—so we can remake the world, too.

by Hamilton Nolan