Young and free / Baby chimps
Amy Chu on the Linda Lindas, and zoological conjectures with Jack Pendarvis. Plus HYDRANYM voting!
Amy Chu on the Linda Lindas, and zoological conjectures with Jack Pendarvis. Plus HYDRANYM voting!
Tommy Craggs on foxhole solidarity, and Rax King at the Dew Drop Inn
Nathan Munn trips the balls fantastic; a new HYDRANYM
Talia Lavin ventures into the cold! HYDRANYM victors... and Nathan Schneider on where true hope begins
Bug out with Carrie Frye, and decline to sell out with Ben Ehrenreich
S.I. Rosenbaum on conscience, animals, and the right to be; we invite you to vote in Hydranym No. 2
Sam Thielman on Superman, and new fiction from Luke O’Neil
Taking the leap (or not) with Trevor Alixopulos; Miles Klee’s radio investigation of the national mood
Anna Merlan fleeced at the fancy market
Breakfast with Hamilton Nolan, and Zito Madu on sports superstitions
Crashing the Venice Biennale with Tod Seelie
Brian Hioe on the death of a friend; the first voting round of our new word game
Jennie Rose Halperin on the women trying to protect the Library of Congress; a new word game for subscribers
Maria Bustillos on Sam Altman, Jony Ive, and money
Arwa Mahdawi on the 1996 disappearance of Susan Walsh
Egyptian writer Ibrahim Fawzy talks with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún; Jack Pendarvis and Ace on condiments
Yemisi Aribisala on the difficulty of keeping one’s head
Brian Hioe on the distant music scene in China; POLL results!
A stroll among the flowers with Emily Flake; a scandal explained by Jídé Salawu
Seizing the megaphone with Osita Nwanevu; Nathan Munn reveals the monster in the machine
A luscious food (and book) tour with Laurie Woolever, and memories of Misha Angrist’s best friends
Nathan Munn explains the Canadian election to Zach Rabiroff; the music of ‘Sinners’ enchants Rax King
A dream of care and convalescence from Sam Thielman
John Saward on advances in biotechnology; insights on the Latino vote from Felipe De La Hoz
A.J. Daulerio predicts your summer cinema hits
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd’s poetic fire; new fiction from Miles Klee
Diana Moskovitz of the BTS ARMY reporting for duty; new fiction from Luke O’Neil
Kim Kelly on May Day, and Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos Yakkin' about the late David Horowitz
Myriam Gurba talks with journalist Daniel Alvarenga about El Salvador
Anna Merlan, TikTok habitué; Joe MacLeod phones in to Andy Richter
Zach Rabiroff on the war on immigrants; all the way to Memphis with Jack Pendarvis
In-flight superhero analysis with Brian Hioe
Yemisi Aribisala on the temptations of rage
Ana Marie Cox on death and salvation
Talia Lavin on finding the words; Carrie Frye talks The Awl: The Book
Maria Bustillos on 'Sinners'