Bad News for Good News
Serious and useful reporting is a dying breed. McChesney and Nichols offer a solution.
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A collection of 14233 issues
Feeding the World
A truly international anthology of 20th-century poetry—a so-called “must read for poetry lovers.”
27 April 2010: Morning
Obama to visit an Iowa town that had it rough the last time he passed through, and where it's only gotten rougher. Veteran New York safety inspector admits he never tested any of the hundreds of buildings he deemed safe from lead and asbestos. Santa Clara County wants
What the World Needs Now
Awards for book trailers? Good idea? You decide.
Stories for Real Readers
The 2010 PEN/O. Henry Prize stories include intense gifts.
Kentucky Derby
A new poem about jockeys, ponies, and golden eggs filled with candy, and how quickly races are won when you’re drinking.
27 April 2010: Afternoon
PowerPoint overtakes the military--it can put reporters to sleep, otherwise it's ineffective. Israel's chief military censor: Enemies attribute higher credibility to articles published by the Israeli media. Journey through Gaza finds boredom, a baby boom, a zone "eerily empty of bitterness." Belgium'
There Was a Time
Music once was played on long-playing records and sold at hip and groovy stores.
26 April 2010: Morning
Subway numbers reflect aboveground life: Midtown job losses emptied stations; the Bowery boomed with Brooklyn riders. Shepard Fairey completes mural for his Deitch Projects show, the gallery's last-ever exhibit. He decided he wanted a skeleton he could take apart. Creating artwork from human bones. Artist surveys subway
Bird Watching
Paula McCartney’s portraits of fake birds in real landscapes are not digitally enhanced, but they do trick the eye.