In the Country of No Country In the Country of No Country
In the country the buildings seem smooth as if their faces were lifted by benevolent surgeons— so laid-back, they rarely make a mistake. And their doors—true the wood seems insecure when bothered by cathedral fantasies but they remain upright, with a steadfast reach like people who speak clearly in crisis. To some the local is not alive—it is a process that has stopped, like a factory machine the day of the big shutdown. But to others, who see past the horizon of the cliché industry returns to the valley an extravagant, steampunk renaissance fair.
Oct 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jerome Sala
Letters Letters
About that file in your cake…; Zion Agonistes; a poem for Malala…
Oct 23, 2012 / Our Readers and Bernard Avishai
Puzzle No. 3258 Puzzle No. 3258
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Oct 23, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What Are You Missing? What Are You Missing?
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Oct 23, 2012 / The Nation
Romney’s Private Promises to the Log Cabin Republicans Romney’s Private Promises to the Log Cabin Republicans
The GOP candidate airbrushed his record on gay rights to win an endorsement from the only Republican LGBT organization.
Oct 23, 2012 / Ben Adler
Remembering Russell Means Remembering Russell Means
Russell was a reminder that the wars against indigenous people, and the conquest of their resources, are far from over, and that we cannot be fully human until remorse with our eye...
Oct 23, 2012 / Tom Hayden
Sweaty vs. Steady: Body Language in the Third Debate Sweaty vs. Steady: Body Language in the Third Debate
Romney wasn’t on par with his usual corporate crispness in last night’s debate.
Oct 23, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Ending Rape Illiteracy Ending Rape Illiteracy
Why the next feminist battle should be defining rape for the masses.
Oct 23, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Allen Ginsberg: ‘The Ballad of the Skeletons’ Allen Ginsberg: ‘The Ballad of the Skeletons’
Listen to Ginsberg’s poem set to music with Paul McCartney, Philip Glass and Lenny Kaye.
Oct 23, 2012 / The Nation
Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
Oct 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds