N.Y.)

Garry Winogrand at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A retrospective exhibition from June 27 to September 21 in New York City

Brush with History

From a June 7, 1923, letter sent to the personal secretary of Leon Trotsky, then Russian minister of defense, by the Nestle Laboratory for Hair Research in New York City,…

Retouching the Void

by Mark Kingwell,

The WTC memorial

After 9/11

by David Rieff,

The limits of remembrance

The Albany handshake

by Christopher Ketcham,

Lulus, do-nothings, and the machinery of the state

Tyranny of the Test

by Jeremy Miller,

One year as a Kaplan coach in the public schools

Run Like Fire Once More

by Sam Shaw,

Chasing perfection at the world’s longest footrace

Meet the New Boss

by Christopher Ketcham,

Man vs. machine politics in Brooklyn

Grand Old Inquisitor

by Luke Mitchell,

The Republican Party’s gift of innocence

Devil’s Work

by Morgan Meis,

Secret doings at the Queens Museum of Art

II. As a weapon in the hands of the restless poor

by Earl Shorris,

Earl Shorris was a regular contributor to Harper’s Magazine from 1972 until his death in 2012. In 1995, he founded the Clemente Course for the Humanities, a ten-month-long academic program…