Jokowi’s Way Jokowi’s Way
Can Indonesia’s charismatic new president solve the slow-burning crises of the world’s third-largest democracy?
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney and Saskia Schäfer
Headphones Headphones
The French Revolution vanishes into rain. The cafe where Camille Desmoulins jumped atop the table and roared is closed. So too the one grocery store in the Adirondack town. Three years fade into centuries of raised voices. When I think “of my childhood” what am I thinking? Spiro Agnew’s widow died. Everything a function of stochastic patterns this rain also obeys. Can’t you hear it the unpitched wave soaking the spruce? Can’t you hear them screaming? Morton Feldman said pointing below the Berlin pavement stones. One deafens to live till you’re deafened to all. I’m canceling all the noise my earthened ears bring me.
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Maureen McLane
The View The View
How Michael Bloomberg turned architecture into a sixty-four-ounce Coke.
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Ferguson’s Anthem Ferguson’s Anthem
How “Fuck the Police” came to narrate the town’s humiliations and violations.
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Is Ukraine on the Brink of Tragedy? Is Ukraine on the Brink of Tragedy?
The country’s troubles will not end even if fighting ceases in its southeastern regions.
Sep 3, 2014 / Pietro A. Shakarian
How Did New York Become the Most Unionized State in the Country? How Did New York Become the Most Unionized State in the Country?
Unions are more welcome in New York than most places in the country, but a revival of the labor movement will require new traditions of workplace activism.
Sep 3, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Puzzle No. 3335 Puzzle No. 3335
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Sep 3, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Sep 3, 2014 / Matt Bors
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