The Life and Death of Saddam Hussein
The Iraq War began with a failed attack on Saddam, but it didn’t end with his execution.
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The Postpresidential Speeches of George W. Bush
Now here’s a man with some wisdom to dispense.
Sowing War, Reaping Profit
For some, the Iraq War is a gift that keeps on giving. The most notorious defense contractors of the Iraq War era are still raking in cash — as are the legislators who enable them.
Iraq’s Misery
Decades of war and sanctions left their imprint on the country.
Trump’s Kryptonite: How Progressives Can Win Back the Working Class
A first-of-its-kind study from Jacobin, YouGov, and the Center for Working-Class Politics finds that economic populism can help progressives win more working-class voters.
April Showers Bring Workers’ Power
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
Art Imitates Life
Oliver Stone’s controversial 1991 political thriller JFK was fiction that poked real holes in the official account of the president’s death.
Issue 49: Dossier
All the key QAnon lingo you missed on 8chan.
Issue 49: The Internet Speaks
They’re plotting against us. So our ear is to the ground.
Too Good to Be True
Publishers love a good story. And some of the best ones are completely bogus.
Iconoclashes
Conspiracy theories are rife with esoteric motifs. But what do those symbols actually represent?
Aliens Built the Pyramids
Some people suspect that humanity’s greatest achievements aren’t human achievements at all. Some people suspect that humanity’s greatest achievements aren’t human achievements at all.
Urban Legends, Urban Truths
The 1998 B-list slasher film Urban Legend unleashes on its protagonists a host of horrors from the American folk canon. Some have their roots in real life.
The Family That Slays Together Stays Together
The Manson Family left a trail of bodies in 1969. No one should have been surprised.
The QAnon Shaman Speaks!
And he sounds like . . . a hippie?
Issue 49: Misery Index
Crunching the numbers on the class war.
The Land of Milk and Honey
The Caribbean has a reputation for its lenient tax laws, but the United States is the second-biggest tax haven in the world.
A Killer in the Castle
What actually happened to Nepal’s royal family on June 2, 2001?
Sea Change
There remains a fortune to be made at sea — but no longer in Somalia. Modern pirates have turned their attention to the Singapore Strait and the South China Sea.
Illness as Metaphor
Between 2013 and 2016, Ebola claimed more than 11,000 lives in West Africa. Beginning in 2018, another two-year wave of the devastating disease caused a further 2,000 deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These days, even when Ebola itself isn’t spreading, false conspiracy theories about it are.