Comptroller Brad lander was just arrested by ICE at federal plassa.

The Baffler is hiring a senior editor! thebaffler.com/about/jobs/sen…

Live Comptroller Post Arrest x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

“Do proprietors want to run a center for serious bowlers? Or do they want a recreation center with rock-climbing walls and minigolf, blacklight bowling, and ‘family fun’?” Dave Denison on the state of bowling for The Baffler thebaffler.com/salvos/changin…

"Father James Martin and ProfB on the problem with the Prosperity Gospel." Now at America Magazine americamagazine.org/faith/2025/07/…

Governor Josh Shapiro on Thursday endorsed Janelle Stelson (D) in her second bid to unseat Congressman Scott Perry in Pennsylvania's 10th District. abc27.com/pa10election/g…

Janelle Stelson is family. Help her defeat Scott Perry in PA-10 this fall; he's been a disaster for his constituents and the country. Janelle was behind only 5k votes their last round. Her site is : janellestelson.com Donate, volunteer, spread the word, vote!

Fascism. Let’s call this what it is.

This morning, the Ethiopian government inaugurated a new dam—the largest of its kind on the continent—that will bring power to millions. But as Ann Neumann reported in our pages in 2023, the project has roiled democratic relations in the Horn of Africa. thebaffler.com/salvos/hydropo…

in a moment fraught with potential and peril for socialist politics, it’s not exactly clear how the Left should reckon with centrists like Hochul. jacobin.com/2025/09/hochul…

a reminder that most of the time what appears to be hypocrisy is in fact a coherent statement of values

I've been reporting in East Africa on the impact of President Trump's USAID cuts, and I find that not only are children dying in large numbers but the pace is accelerating as stockpiles run out and people grow weaker. I also obtained an internal Trump administration memo stating

Lots to think about, talk about regarding politics, peace and security in the Horn of Africa. A short 🧵 on some work my Crisis Group colleagues have been diving into this week👇🏽

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is reshaping regional dynamics. While it promises development, Alan Boswell & Murithi Mutiga discuss how tensions with Egypt & Sudan persist over water rights & dam operations plus how mediation is yet to yield lasting agreement crisisgroup.org/africa/ethiopi…

🚨NEW BONUS EPISODE🚨 Our own inverted vibe curve: burgertown has fallen joins the great Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell of Know Your Enemy to talk Charlie Kirk, martyrdom, mourning, memory, and the psychic and political landscape of our moment. buzzsprout.com/2131830/episod…

Today, 33% of all the electricity used in Oregon is attributed to data centers. In Virginia, it’s 37%.

Two weeks after vaccine advisers approved new Covid recs, Kennedy still hasn’t given his approval, leaving states unable to order updated shots for low-income kids. trib.al/IRTo7w7

A week-long wildfire inside Namibia's largest game reserve is expected to impact the country's tourism industry over the next three years, according to a government official reut.rs/4gN5rOJ

🚨 BREAKING: The Sirius-Haifa — carrying Drop Site editor Alex Colston — has been boarded by Israeli military, according to Novara Media and Middle East Eye. Contact with Colston has been lost; as part of security protocols, he and other participants were instructed to throw

The Horn of Africa is quaking yet again as the global order shifts. I have an essay out for Foreign Affairs on why the messy #Sudan conflict could be an omen of wars to come, as peacemaking grows ever harder. foreignaffairs.com/sudan/sudans-w…