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Land of Milk and Money
by Misha Angrist
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
by Rax King
The Made-Up Names From Scammers Calling Me About Supposed Loan Offers, Ranked
by Miles Klee
I’ll Show You the Life of the Mind
by Sam Thielman
The Wave of the Present
by Annalee Newitz
Tomorrow’s Yesterday
by Tom Tomorrow
The Spirit of (19)76
by Osita Nwanevu
Recent Issues
10
Jul
Easy riders / Publish and perish
Motorcycle lawyers, considered by Hamilton Nolan; Misha Angrist on the stormy world of scientific publishing
issue-604
09
Jul
What he wants
Rax King considers the straight men, via sociologist Jane Ward
issue-603
08
Jul
Advance compliance / Prank calls
Sam Thielman on cozying up to villains; Miles Klee, scam connoisseur
issue-602
07
Jul
But wait / Be here now
Tom Tomorrow gets a surprise visitor—and when is the future, asks Annalee Newitz
issue-601
06
Jul
Freedom enjoyed / President elect
Osita Nwanevu on the Fourth of July, and Michael Kupperman reports on a man in uniform
issue-600
02
Jul
Stupid games / Long fuse
Lindsey Adler on ‘Jackass: Best and Last’, and Joe MacLeod on the Land of the Free
issue-599
01
Jul
Looming disaster / Humor in uniform
Ben Ehrenreich on a warm summer day, and Dave Karpf visits the Great American State Fair
issue-598
30
Jun
End game / Lovers leap
A delicate reminiscence from Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, and jj skolnik on reality (blurring) TV
issue-597
29
Jun
Unholy fools / Fellow travelers
JD Vance and Rod Dreher are hella weird, notes Elon Green; a trip on the bus with Trevor Alixopulos
issue-596
26
Jun
Serpent subdued
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún vs. Nature
issue-595