Chomsky After Epstein
Noam Chomsky's defense of Jeffrey Epstein echoes his campist foreign policy positions – both are a betrayal of the left
Border Economies, Broken Lives
In Kashmir, a chaos of trade, smuggling, and surveillance shapes the “cold peace” between India and Pakistan
Unprofitable Convenience
How European venture capital tried to make grocery delivery apps happen—and failed
Contra Contra
What does it mean to actually want power?
Economics as Social Provisioning
An interview with Tae-Hee Jo, leading heterodox economist and collaborator of Frederic S. Lee’s
What is the DOGE?
The debt, the DOGE, and the crisis of competence in an era of rising “national conservatism”
Why Racists Lose Wars
History is full of ethnically divided armies. A recent study quantifies their disastrous track record.
Geopolitics of the Sahel
Recent coups in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have produced the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES). Why is it aligning with Russia?
The Puddle at Delaney Hall
A night in the lives of volunteers at an ICE detention facility
The March of the Breeders
In Bulgaria, Sofia Pride is under siege from domestic reactionaries and DOGE cuts alike – but they’re fighting back
