After the election of Narendra Modi in 2014, Muslim journalists covering Hindu extremism noticed a change. The masks came off; the facade of courtesy, once flimsy, crumbled altogether.

Pakistani fishing communities struggle inside the nets of bonded labor.

An American family’s struggle for student loan redemption.

Cryptomining in Europe’s most disputed state.

On Beirut’s broken sewage system.

Notes on Beirut’s broken sewage system.

The author recalls his time as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A visit to America’s leading trade show for state violence.

How Trumpism operates on the knowledge that some people can get away with anything, and how it offers a false promise to extend that privilege to white kids everywhere

On writing memoirs for the rich.

Spotify’s bid to remodel an industry.

Inside the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, “an opaque system that literally disappears people” accused of immigrating illegally.

Stephen Reed was “mayor for life” in Harrisburg, PA. Now he’s going to trial on 114 counts of bribery, theft, and fraud.

The trouble with the all-but-obligatory networking site, “an Escher staircase masquerading as a career ladder.”

The politics behind the anti-trend trend known as “Normcore” turn out to be as conservative as ever.

On the labor conditions behind branches of NYU, the Louvre, and the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi.

In pursuit of "cool," a man immerses himself in a subculture of kite enthusiasts. From the newly-online archives of The Baffler.

"Gedney had read an article in Men’s Journal on the kite craze in Europe, and he knew he wanted to be a part of it. He had grown tired of his rollerblades and his mountain bike; he hungered for a new lifestyle, a new set of accessories. After reading the article, though, Gedney had made a terrible mistake: he dusted off the old single piece bat-wing kite he had flown on the beach as a youth and headed for Sheep’s Meadow. There he was astonished to see a vast number of kite practitioners, most of them proudly and skillfully flying double-tails, box kites, even a few difficult Chinese dragons. 'How did I get so far behind so quickly?' Gedney thought as he somewhat shamefully unfurled his childish kite."

Living the Amway life.

Andrew Ross Sorkin’s intimate coverage of Wall Street.

Humans play. So do animals. Perhaps that’s why we’re all here.

The capitalist evangelism of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In feminist manifesto.

On Politico’s brand of insider journalism.

Adam Wheeler lied on his college application. Lawrence Summers facilitated the destruction of the global economy.

Only one of these Harvard men was given jail time.

How technological progress slowed from its 20th-century peak, why we’ve shifted from changing reality to simply simulating reality, and whether capitalism is the true culprit.

On competing in the High School Fed Challenge Championship as “Ed Gramlich”:

A team of five students prepares and presents a 15-minute analysis of the US economy, recommends a course of action with respect to interest rates, and then withstands a 10-minute question-and-answer period from a panel of Federal Reserve economists. To prepare for the competition, students look at the same economic indicators and the same forces influencing the economy that our nation's economic leaders examine. And to lend extra verisimilitude to the whole proceeding, competitors are also advised, as we were, to act out the parts of real members of the Federal Open Market Committee.