Why the Bloodiest Labor Battle in US History Matters Today Why the Bloodiest Labor Battle in US History Matters Today
All the factors that defined the 1914 conflict at Ludlow are with us once again.
Apr 2, 2014 / Feature / Thai Jones
Will Phony Populists Hijack the Fight Against Inequality? Will Phony Populists Hijack the Fight Against Inequality?
These days everyone wants to ‘create opportunity,’ but few want a class war.
Apr 2, 2014 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
My Johannesburg My Johannesburg
The city and its landscape would not exist were it not for many violations against nature.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mark Gevisser
Past, Present, Futurism Past, Present, Futurism
The Guggenheim’s Futurism exhibition and the Whitney Biennial offer competing visions of present-mindedness.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Taking It to the Square Taking It to the Square
Squarepop—public squares of refusal—is the broken madness of the world stood on its head.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’? What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’?
Inclusionary zoning laws are among the few tools left to ensure the creation of affordable housing.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Mule Mule
The quiet country midnight got quieter. You said, “I hear snow,” and turned on the porch light. Carrot: pillow fight of light out the window. Winters passed. I brought you presents. I kept remembering your magic, hearing the deeper silence. Then one spring you sent everything back. Stick.
Apr 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Christina Robb
Puzzle No. 3320 Puzzle No. 3320
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad. ACROSS 1 Swimsuit escape: Einstein thought about it a lot (5,2,5) 9 If Julius Caesar said this word, point outside (9) 10 -26, somehow (5) 11 Alcohol as an alternative in dish (5) 12 Will state absurd theories, initially about guys (9) 13 Workers lacking leadership for billions of years (4) 14 Tangled tale: “Across and Down: ways to get there” (10) 18 Endangered, agitated teen interrupts online conversation (10) 20 Say no to donut, following doctor (4) 23 Lawman’s modernist tendency in poetry? (5,4) 25 Hesitation at lingerie’s shade (5) 26 10 altered briefly (2,3) 27 Courteous jockeys buy overseas, perhaps (9) 28 Spies extinct bird after holiday in Pacific islands (7,5) DOWN 2 Rustic, pastoral deity embracing humble mass (7) 3 Regime changes for expat (6) 4 Poet: “God is the connection” (5) 5 To make the rules, member misses the beginning (9) 6 Dangerous wave of gray engulfing most of a Middle Eastern capital (5,3) 7 Well-behaved child is into fruit (7) 8 Wasps sting bears, yo (4) 9 Hundredth PC: “Enter” breaking down (7) 15 Jobs at the bottom of the scale for a longshoreman (9) 16 Present outside operating room—in closet, maybe (7) 17 Diversions from Pennsylvania’s halfback holding tight end (8) 19 Rise unsteadily and beg to publish again (7) 21 Seize me from below with one type of blood blockage (7) 22 Soft drink consumed, high in a rooftop structure (6) 23 Upset to be like 24 (4) 24 Old Nick took a chair on the outskirts of Austin (5) SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3319 1 anag. 3 FI(O)REL + LO (flier anag.) 9 UPBR (anag.) + AID 10 CO(NTAC)T (can’t anag.) 12 hidden 13 G(UESSWOR)K (us swore anag.) 15 PA + SSION (anag.) 16 RA IS IN 19 K + ISMET (anag.) 21 anag. (&lit.) 24 anag. 26 [l]/R-ENT 28 TIT + ANIC (anag.) 29 CH(ANNE)L 30 APPL(A + US)E 31 2 defs DOWN 1 2 defs. 2 TAB + BI[t]ES 4 INDI[e] + GENT 5 2 defs. 6 LO(N)GS 7 OR + ATORS (anag.) 8 VASE LINE 11 T(A + KEN)OTE 14 2 defs. 17 ARBO (anag.) + REAL 18 S(CI)ENCES (scenes anag.) 20 anag. 22 RANI + NTO (anag.) 23 GAR (rev.) + CIA 25 SU + NUP (rev.) 27 S(L)AY
Apr 2, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Palestine Talks Break Down (Haven’t We Seen That Headline Before?) The Palestine Talks Break Down (Haven’t We Seen That Headline Before?)
Netanyahu's intransigence wins the day.
Apr 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
With ‘McCutcheon’ Ruling, An Activist Court Opts for Full-On Plutocracy With ‘McCutcheon’ Ruling, An Activist Court Opts for Full-On Plutocracy
By striking down limits on aggregate campaign donations, the Supreme Court just supercharged the influence and reach of wealthy campaign donors.
Apr 2, 2014 / John Nichols