Red Cloth Red Cloth

Red cloth I lie on the ground otherwise nothing could hold I put my hand on the ground the membrane is gone and nothing does hold your place in the ground is all of it and it is breathing

Apr 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jean Valentine

The Branches The Branches

The branches looked first like tepees, but there was no emptiness. Like piles of leaves waiting for fire: at the foot of the wisewoman trees, at the foot of the broken General, next to the tree of the veteran girl who died this summer  slow red cloth

Apr 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jean Valentine

Obama and the Big Dogs Obama and the Big Dogs

When great crimes are committed--by the big dogs of Wall Street or those who torture in our name--they will either bully their way out or be called to account. Is Obama tough enoug...

Apr 22, 2009 / William Greider

VJ Day: Occupying Japan VJ Day: Occupying Japan

Surrender hasn't stopped Japan from resisting.

Apr 22, 2009 / The Editors

Sputnik: Sattelite Hysteria and Moonstruck USA Sputnik: Sattelite Hysteria and Moonstruck USA

A little Russian satellite beeping in space causes mass hysteria on the ground.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Harlow Shapley

VE Day: Address to the German People VE Day: Address to the German People

The war in Europe is over, but while the Allies are victorious, the evil that the Nazis represented remains to be eradicated.

Apr 22, 2009 / Thomas Mann

Newspapers: Dinosaur or Phoenix? Newspapers: Dinosaur or Phoenix?

John Nichols and Robert W.