A Police Story Unravels: How Did the NYPD Break an NBA Player’s Leg? A Police Story Unravels: How Did the NYPD Break an NBA Player’s Leg?
Thabo Sefolosha of the Atlanta Hawks is looking for payback after New York’s Finest ended his season prematurely.
Apr 15, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Ask NYU: What’s The Deal With Andrew Hamilton? Ask NYU: What’s The Deal With Andrew Hamilton?
NYU students have some questions for university's next president.
Apr 15, 2015 / StudentNation / Bridget Casey and StudentNation
Why $15 and a Union Is Worth Fighting For: One Worker’s Story Why $15 and a Union Is Worth Fighting For: One Worker’s Story
Angel Rivera has held two cleaning jobs at the same airport, but they are worlds apart.
Apr 15, 2015 / Angel Rivera
April 15, 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood Inundates New Orleans and the Delta April 15, 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood Inundates New Orleans and the Delta
The Nation's coverage of the flood reveals some unnerving parallels with Hurricane Katrina, eight decades later.
Apr 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Liberalism as a Fighting Faith Liberalism as a Fighting Faith
Larry Sidentop re-imagines the origins of liberalism.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Miller
Words for Music Perhaps Words for Music Perhaps
Warm and unaffected, Philip Glass’s memoir is nothing like his music.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
How to Die How to Die
Atul Gawande argues that physicians should focus care on the good life—including its very end.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld
Pinwheel Pinwheel
In the back of my classroom stands Blake’s car Bearing Dante’s blest Beatrice; In martial middle, ranked desks, each Packing a lexicon in undercarriage; On one book’s pressed pages, surprise!—a raised Nazi swastika. Find the kid who did it, turn him in to turn Him out? Or claim “a teaching moment,” Redeem the inditer, if woe Like that might ever be removed, might ever Cease being banal? Maybe one should give Credit—extra—for burning Hate not on synagogue wall or lav stall, But on language itself, on thought, A ready reference, a wrought Consciousness, edginess? Perhaps one must Pass on the sinner instead, deal with just The sin, that is, in all Literalness—save at least time and trouble, Change what can be changed, blacken out The offense with more ink (no doubt A “cover-up,” but what the hell)? Would “Wite- Out” be better? Or the ultimate hit, Scissor snipping, eh, bubba? We mouth each day, “…with liberty and justice For all,” and study Douglass, Twain, Truth, Addams, Joseph, Peltier, Tan, Cisneros, King, and on, but to what end? The Indian benediction is bent Backwards, blessing made curse, Love made hate, again and again, a wheeling Known all too well. Wheel, whorl, Blake-Dante Vortex, spirit-world spinning on, Esti, asti, ist, is… This then: add four More arms, close the figure, window it. More Pinwheel, if you will. Still.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Rod Kleber
Puzzle No. 3359 Puzzle No. 3359
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Tolerates bad writers (5) 4 Violet kicked back with King Kong, e.g. (a movie for watching at home, once) (9) 9 Team with a specific assignment might ask for certain materials (4,5) 10 Bite a cut of lamb containing bit of mint (5) 11 Without fail, gropes some fish (4) 12 Author discussed something to hold ice-cream-and-peanut product (5,5) 14 Stray scandal concerning an opera singer? (8) 15 Stabs informant, returning contents of desk (6) 18 Get white, and ultimately pastel, in a location where some get tan (6) 19 Capital from friend ahead of a nuisance (8) 22 Wino and lapdog romping in shallow water (6,4) 24 Offensive excerpt from smug lyricist (4) 26 Big cat’s loud growl from Southeast Asia? (5) 27 Pound a long hole for a team sport (9) 28 Unmarried woman’s collection is originally hijacked by international cartel, along with the man’s shirt (4,5) 29 Secure sectors in a recession (5) DOWN 1 Impetuous person, naked, shot French tea commercial (7) 2 Evil caste running amok—hey, what are you gonna do about it? (4,2,3) 3 Piece of furniture is unfinished until now (4) 4 Done removing cap and opening wine (8) 5 Radio personality residing in Abidjan? (6) 6 In the West by chance, switching blood types at first (10) 7 Hurt back near New York (5) 8 The author is upset over iron ruler (7) 13 Self-absorbed, unreliable concierge takes time (10) 16 Combatant secures perimeter of reconnaissance ship (9) 17 Passage from Nahum? Or is that someone making a joke? (8) 18 Entrance in part of the Internet raised desire (7) 20 Children’s store retouched photos featuring yeti’s face (3,4) 21 Cut stone in Guadalajara—that is hard to see through (6) 23 Find a small dog tag turned over (3,2) 25 A dentist’s supplements (4) SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3358 ACROSS 1 pun 9 anag. 10 NEED + LED 11 “chilly” 12 anag. 13 EN(TROP)Y (yen anag., port rev.) 15 AD VERSE 17 anag. 19 ENCO (anag.) + DER (rev.) 21 SPRIN[t] + KLER ([c]lerk anag.) 23 anag. 25 not cryptic 26 H(AI)TIAN (a hint anag.) 27 pun DOWN 1 2 defs. (&lit.) 2 [s]HINDI[g] 3 S + PIRITOSO (anag.) 4 NUR (rev.) + SE + [bu]RY 5 PAN + ACE + A 6 anag. 7 SOLD(I)ERED 8 ADH (anag.) + ERE 14 THEOR (anag.) + ETIC (rev.) 16 VA + CA + NC + I.E. + S 17 AU + S + TIN 18 anag. 19 EARS HOT 20 RU(L + IN)GS 22 anag. 24 P + RICE
Apr 14, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Shelf Life Shelf Life
In Nell Zink’s The Wallcreeper, biology fails to determine anything at all.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold