1959- Archives

1959-

Rational Numbers

Several days after I arrived in Havana I asked my host why all the toilet seats were missing. “We don’t use them here,” he replied, as if it were an…

by Harper’s Staff,

by Fidel Castro,

by Harper’s Staff,

by Harper’s Staff,

by Patrick Symmes,

A Cuban ration book shows a country short on resources but long on resourcefulness

by Marc Cooper,

Castro’s “grandchildren” discover the glory of the dollar

Drawn by Ben Sargent,

by Taylor Branch, George III Crile,

by Eric Treisman,

As long as the grass is green and the oil flows . . .

The pros and cons of recognizing Castro’s Cuba