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
Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now! Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now!
Instead of waiting for the perfect Congress, Americans should demand that this imperfect Congress act before the election.
Sep 2, 2014 / John Nichols
Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons Arthur Danto’s Critique of the ‘Aesthetic Terrorism’ of Jeff Koons
A solo Koons exhibition, Danto wrote in 1989, was “a vision of an aesthetic hell.”
Sep 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Back Issues and Arthur C. Danto