Favorite Hallucinations Favorite Hallucinations
Did Chris Marker think history to be not only an infinite book but a sacred one?
May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Floats Like A Vulture Floats Like A Vulture
Instead of rescuing forgotten truths, neocons like Charles Krauthammer devise novel fallacies.
May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Good Enough? Good Enough?
The amount of affordable housing in New York City is shrinking, and Mayor de Blasio’s development plans might not reverse the trend.
May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Letters Letters
You say you want a revolution… working for kids—all kids…
May 20, 2014 / Our Readers and Gary Younge
Puzzle No. 3327 Puzzle No. 3327
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
May 20, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Pelé Said What? Pelé Said What?
Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has long loathed the political spotlight. He grabbed it this week to criticize the very World Cup he helped bring to his country.
May 20, 2014 / Dave Zirin
How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes How the Media’s VA ‘Scandal’ Coverage Is Making the Same Old Mistakes
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the media.
May 20, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Reining in the Surveillance State Reining in the Surveillance State
A host of troubling policies, including the prosecution of record numbers of journalists and whistleblowers, are proliferating unchecked.
May 20, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure? Will GOP Leaders Block Another Immigration Measure?
The Republican leadership is poised once again to back away from immigration reform, rather than take on the far right.
May 20, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus
To build the university where Bill Clinton will speak this week, laborers are paid less than what was contracted, are refused their own passports and bank cards and sleep a dozen t...
May 20, 2014 / StudentNation / Helen Holmes, Ari Lipsitz, and StudentNation