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February 9, 2000

The Zapruder Film: The Novelization

by Mike Sacks
January 24, 2000

The Contrarian’s Alternate History of Popular Music: The Top 100

by Jim Ridley
November 25, 1999

On This Day in History.

by Jason Adams
July 20, 1999

Godzilla in Delaware, Era of the Revolution

by Andy Battaglia
June 15, 1999

Tim Carvell’s History’s Notable Persons Reconsidered: Winston Churchill

by Tim Carvell

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April 25, 2025

This Five-Hundred-Word Bumper Sticker on My Tesla Explains Why I’m Not a Bad Person

by Lia Woodward and Leah Folta
May 5, 2025

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes

by Emily Greenberg and Cliff Mayotte
May 6, 2025

Introducing Our University’s New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure

by Ryan Weber
April 29, 2025

Don’t Worry, We Were Prepared for Our Policies to Be Extremely Unpopular, Because They Are Very, Very Bad

by Ginny Hogan

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May 9, 2025

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by Liz Bergman
May 8, 2025

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by Kristen Mulrooney
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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter is a Tragedy

by Anaïs Godard

A year of The Believer, a year of world-class cinema, what could be better?

In honor of the upcoming 150th issue we’ve partnered with our friends at MUBI to have all new and renewed Believer subscriptions this month come with 40% off the cost of an annual membership to their streaming service. Need more? Our core print subscription is $10 off AND all back issues are 30% off to boot! Enjoy. MUBI discount link emailed at checkout. Deal ends June 5.