Snapshot: Desperate Crossing Snapshot: Desperate Crossing
The US-Mexico border is only one of many places in the world where people risk death in search of a better life. Below, the Italian navy recovers the bodies of African refugees who drowned while crossing the Mediterranean.
Sep 3, 2014 / Antonio Parrinello
Letters Letters
Richmond, a work in progress… romancing Palestine… porking the wuzzle… FSM 50th anniversary…
Sep 3, 2014 / Our Readers and Steve Early
Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now! Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now!
Instead of waiting for the perfect Congress, Americans should demand that this imperfect Congress act before the election.
Sep 2, 2014 / John Nichols
Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons
A solo Koons exhibition, Danto wrote in 1989, was “a vision of an aesthetic hell.”
Sep 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Back Issues and Arthur C. Danto
Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys
The Cheney family takes a break from their busy lives (of being generally horrible) to answer some questions.
Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day
The business press still insists on equating strong union organizing with communism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Laura Flanders
AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy
How the Israel lobby is pushing us to war with Iran.
Sep 2, 2014 / Ali Gharib
Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse
The calls for escalating military action against Islamic State (IS) ignore thirteen years of evidence that US intervention usually accomplishes the opposite of what Washington inte...
Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism
Mychal Denzel Smith appears on Melissa Harry-Perry to explain why we need a national movement to dismantle white supremacy.
Sep 2, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It? The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It?
A memo to Angela Merkel from Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
Sep 2, 2014 / Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity