The president wants to raise the minimum wage, Pete Seeger and Philip Seymour Hoffman pass away, and a criminal is sentenced to Gladwell
Read More“Pacific Ocean,” a shredded photograph by Gloria Baker Feinstein. This image accompanies “Memory’s Passages,” by Sarah Manguso, in the February 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
Read MoreStudy for Vignette 15, a painting by Kerry James Marshall, whose work was on view in December at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C. Courtesy the artist and Koplin del Rio Gallery, Culver City, California. This image appears in the Readings section of the February 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
Read MorePhotographic evidence of war crimes in Syria, ominous Ukrainian texting, and a South Korean tower of jawbones
Read MoreCanvas, an erased book page by Jonathan Callan. Courtesy the artist and Martin Kudlek Galerie, Cologne, Germany. This image accompanies the Findings section in the February 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
Read MoreObama announces surveillance reforms, the Taliban bombs a Kabul restaurant, and Smartie snorting prompts nose-maggot panic
Read More“American politics has often been an arena for angry minds.”
Read More“Smokescreen (Entertainment Study 4),” a photograph by Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson, whose work is on view in January at 601Artspace, in New York City. Courtesy the artists and Audio Visual Arts, New York City. This image appears in the Readings section of the February 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
Read MoreHow Germany reconquered Europe, the impending demise of the A-10 Warthog, and two tales of bad romance
Read MoreRethinking the best way to introduce Shakespeare to the young
Read MoreA Pakistani ninth-grader sacrifices himself to save his classmates, Chris Christie saves himself, and Cormac McCarthy’s ex-wife chooses an unconventional holster
Read MoreFactional warfare in the Middle East, a politician under indictment for genocide seeks peace in South Sudan, and an embarrassment of coldness in Minnesota
Read MoreThe Appearance of Collage #12, a painting by Ilya Kabakov, whose work was on view in December at Pace Gallery, in New York City. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery, New York City
Read MoreWar and peacekeeping in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, a brief truce in the Syrian civil war, and bells hell in Manhattan
Read More“Landscape with Mountain,” a hand-embroidered photograph by Julie Cockburn, whose work is on view this month at Yossi Milo Gallery, in New York City. © The artist. Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City
Read MoreMore NSA surveillance targets are revealed, violence in South Sudan, and claims of U.S. virgin births
Read More“One thing is for certain — I wouldn’t want to be a Christmas tree”
Read MoreThe Ukrainian protests rage on, Nelson Mandela is buried, and China sends a Jade Rabbit into the Bay of Rainbows
Read MoreHarper’s Magazine Reporter Concludes that Taliban Intelligence Chief Qari Ahmadullah Is Still Alive
Read More“The Pyramids of Gizeh near Cairo from an altitude of approx. 600 m, 21 February 1904,” courtesy Swiss Federal Archives for Historic Monuments, Eduard Spelterini Collection. This photograph accompanies “Flights of Fancy: A history of ballooning,” by Steven Shapin, in the January 2014 issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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